Sue your abuser for damages: lawyer offers to represent women for free

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As the country reels in the wake of yet another horrific act of violence on women, a lawyer is gearing up to give abused women an alternative legal strategy.

other lawyers to join her in representing women for free, to help them claim damages from their abusers.Forget the criminal courts ... let's hit them where it hurts.In a civil matter, a complainant must prove the case according to a balance of probabilities, rather than the stricter onus on the state to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the crime occurred. Civil claims also open the possibility of restorative justice.

Anger and outrage followed the discovery of the body of missing 19-year-old UCT student Uyinene Mrwetyana on September 02, 2019. She had been missing since August 24. A 42-year-old man who worked at the Clareinch Post office allegedly confessed to the rape and murder. Gender-based violence has been a national issue in South Africa for years, with 3 915 women and children being murdered in 2018.If you're a plaintiff, I act for you. The state doesn't do that.

We have been discussing it for a couple of years now. The most recent rapes and abductions have spurred us on." "How do we create parallel processes and centre them on survivor rights? [The goal is] to empower her and let her know that they have won [the battle against their rapist]."

 

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