Week Nine: Sexual Tort Case Study

The goal of this week’s class is to learn how (and be inspired) to handle a sexual assault claim from opening to closing, inclusive of trial. 

Readings / Audio / News Articles:

• H.N. v. School District No. 61 (Greater Victoria), 2024 BCSC 128 (CanLII)
• A.B. v Henry, 2025 BCSC 137 (CanLII), https://canlii.ca/t/k9brr
• Proctor, J., CBC News, February 5, 2024, ‘See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ culture of Catholic Church challenged at sex abuse trial, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/catholic-sex-trial-kilty-clavin-1.7105492
• Anderson v. Molon, 2020 BCSC 1247
• 12 January 2021, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University, Torts Podcast, “We’re Doing What We’re Doing for the Client” – interview with Rosemary Anderson and Sandy Kovacs – Torts Podcast (trubox.ca)
• The Trauma-Informed Lawyer (simplecast.com) – listen to the first episode or whichever you choose, please!  It’s a great podcast and a must for any area of practice where you’re dealing with potentially traumatized or vulnerable clients