Archive for February 2024
Magill Training Centre: Websters Abuse Lawyers Seeking Justice & Compensation for Victims
Institutional abuse, unfortunately, has been a dark reality for many individuals who were placed under the care of government-run facilities. One such notorious institution is the Magill Youth Training Centre in South Australia. In recent months Websters Lawyers have been instructed in a number of claims by survivors of such abuse arising out of their…
Read MoreCOMMONWEALTH SETTLES CLAIM BY CHILD ASYLUM SEEKER FOR ABUSE WHILE IN DETENTION
The Federal Court of Australia has approved a settlement reached in favour of a child refugee who was sexually assaulted while in immigration detention on Nauru and claimed that the Commonwealth was negligent by not having systems in place to prevent such an assault. While denying that it owed any duty to prevent the child…
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