Australia, Aug. 4 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement on July 4:
1. On 27 March 2025, the plaintiff, to whom the pseudonym PMD5 has been given, commenced proceedings by filing a Statement of Claim.
2. The Statement of Claim claimed damages from the State of NSW, as defendant, as a consequence of sexual abuse which the plaintiff alleged occurred to him between 1986 and 1999 at the hands of his father. The plaintiff claims that the defendant, being the organisation responsible for child welfare, owed to him a duty to take reasonable care to avoid causing him particular harm, which was known to the defendant.
3. As yet, no defence has been filed to that claim.
4. It is clear from the plainti...