THE INEQUITY AND INAPPROPRIATENESS OF APPLYING STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS TO CIVIL ACTIONS ARISING FROM CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE |
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| Authors: | Beth Beattie |
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| Institution: | Beth Beattie wrote the winning essay while a student at Dalhousie Law School in Halifax, Nova Scotia from which she subsequently received the LLB degree. She is currently affiliated with a law firm in Toronto, Ontario. |
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| Abstract: | This research examines the long-term consequences of childhood sexual abuse, the unique circumstances surrounding such abuse, and how these circumstances lead to victims being unable to expeditiously initiate civil action against their abusers. The unfairness and the inappropriateness of applying traditional time limitation principals to plaintiff victims of childhood sexual abuse are then discussed. Finally, a more equitable test to be applied to cases involving actions by adult victims of childhood sexual abuse against their abusers is proposed. |
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