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is this really going to change very much or could it open up a can of worms?
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Not going to change very much. Let's get this into perspective, all they've done is ruled that judges can exercise discretion in allowing lawsuits to proceed, rather than being bound by hard-and-fast limits set in law on how long you can wait before suing someone for damages. It doesn't make it easier to sue or more likely to win or get more money, Mrs. A could still lose her case, which would be in many ways a great shame, or she could win and be awarded £10k or some similarly insignificant fraction of the rapist's subsequent wealth.
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The law lords ruled that claims for sexual assault should be brought within three years in future - in line with other civil claims for damages - but said courts should have the discretion to extend the period to permit older claims, removing the six-year cut-off point.
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Basically, that's all that's happened today.
It's also a shame that people concentrate on the fact that he won the lottery, which is irrelevant except in showing that fate and chance don't favour nice guys. There were other cases involved, usually people who'd been abused in local authority care, where the question of sudden acquisition of vast sums doesn't arise.