When a child is removed from their family, the Government is responsible for their care- including their living arrangements. They have a responsibility to place the child into a safe environment and to continue monitoring that placement to ensure the child is safe, happy and given every opportunity to thrive.

Unfortunately, countless children have suffered horrific sexual abuse, physical abuse, violence and neglect in out of home care. In far too many cases, this is the direct result of inexcusable mistakes, carelessness and institutional neglect from the responsible agencies.

We have represented victims of abuse in many different situations and settings, including:

• Abuse by foster parents or carers
• Abuse by social workers or caseworkers
• Failing to remove children from an abusive home environment
• Wrongly removing children from a safe home environment.

Many survivors stay silent for years, even decades. They feel a sense of shame, guilt and embarrassment that was never theirs to bear. What happened is not your fault. You were taken advantage of by predators and let down by a system that should have known better. You deserved better and are entitled to justice.

It is never too late to come forward. It doesn’t matter where and it doesn’t matter when.

Our lawyers have won compensation for survivors of abuse in foster care and out of home care across Australia. We have pursued cases as far back as the 1970s and as recent as the 2020s.