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30 January 2024 | Sexual Abuse case study | Article by Danielle Vincent

Sexual abuse by a therapist


Our client was sexually abused by her treating therapist whilst attending an inpatient drug rehabilitation unit. Proceedings were brought for personal injury damages arising from the abuse and subsequent losses against the therapy centre.

The therapy centre argued there was no knowledge of the abuse or evidence that the alleged incidents were not consensual.

We argued this was abuse of a position of trust and our client lacked capacity to consent.

The matter was settled at a joint settlement meeting.

Author bio

Danielle Vincent

Senior Associate

Danielle is a Senior Associate in the Abuse Specialist Personal Injury Department. She specialises in representing survivors of abuse and has experience in bringing claims against a number of institutions as well as individual abusers.

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