Other issues tied to the budget also face an uncertain future, including the Child Victims Act, which would raise the statute of limitations for filing lawsuits from age 23 to 50 and create a one - year window of opportunity for past victims to bring civil court action. (wxxinews.org)
The alleged victim won a ruling at the high court on Friday to allow her full disclosure of the report for a forthcoming civil court action against Hancock — a move that was opposed by Portsmouth city council. (theguardian.com)
The explicit concern of the CCD is that, in increasing de jure access to human rights remedies in civil court actions, the decision in this case may have the consequence of sending a message that a civil action in court can fulfill the same role as an administrative action under the existing statutory schemes, and that de facto financial barriers to access do not matter. (ccdonline.ca)