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There are some interesting legal issues that arise for sexual
abuse survivors when there are related criminal and civil
proceedings. Most times, when a criminal case is brought first and
a conviction obtained, the law works in favour of abuse survivors.
See for example my July 2014 article Concurrent Criminal and Civil Cases: Making the
Most of Evidence and my October 2014 article Legal Proceedings: Civil or Criminal?
Recently, the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decided a case regarding
publication bans which may present good news for many abuse