LPF, top barrister to fund Dilworth class action

LPF, top barrister to fund Dilworth class action
Rachael Reed QC will be taking on the case pro bono.
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Litigation funder LPF Group, Rachael Reed QC and law firm Wilson Harle have united on a pro bono basis to represent students sexually abused while attending Dilworth School.LPF said it will notify the school and complain to the Human Rights Commission as a precursor to tribunal proceedings. Damages in the human rights tribunal can be capped at $350,000 per complaint but the litigation funders aren’t ruling out moving the case to the high court if necessary. The Dilworth Trust Board had net assets of almost $1 billion at Jan 31,...

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