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What Crown Ward Sexual Abuse Survivors Need To Know

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As a lawyer with practice focussed on sexual abuse and sexual assault, I'm used to feeling angry. Usually that anger is born out of hearing how an individual and/or institutional abuser has harmed a survivor...

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Simona Jellinek
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As a lawyer with practice focussed on sexual abuse and sexual assault, I'm used to feeling angry. Usually that anger is born out of hearing how an individual and/or institutional abuser has harmed a survivor, but sometimes it's an aspect of the legal system that draws my ire.

One such aspect is a class action brought on behalf of Crown Wards under the care of the Children's Aid Society (CAS) against the Ontario government. This case started in 2014 and there has been much confusion and anger around this lawsuit.

In this blog post, I'll explain why there is such frustration with how this lawsuit has proceeded, why there is now renewed hope for a better outcome, and what both members of this class action and individuals who have opted out of it should know about their right to sue for additional compensation.

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