Government successfully utilized limitation periods - the idea was that historic sexual abuse as not falling under limitation S.16; brought up 2 years since turning 18 or of reasonable discovery
Thin skull rule used as a sword – argued that pre-existing conditions limited the form and amount of damages
Dominant model of lawyering needs to be questioned, balanced, and potentially tempered in cases dealing with power imbalances, vulnerable litigants, situations calling for heightened sensitivity to diversity, pluralism, and the public interest, and cases with very sensitive facts and contexts, particularly where one of the parties is the government or similar body
Finger pointing to the Christian church and vice-versa – both parties attempt to side step their responsibilities by blaming each other. This has very clear and difficult ramifications in terms of those claimants who need an acknowledgement of fault (whether judicial or not) in order to move to a place of healing and closure.
