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Last modified on Thu 20 May 2021 05.10 EDT The high court has refused a victim of child sexual abuse leave to appeal in his bid to reopen a compensation claim against Brisbane grammar school. The victim, codenamed TRG, wanted the school to set aside a deed of release to allow him to renegotiate his damages claim for abuse by paedophile Kevin Lynch, who worked at the school from 1973 to 1988. In refusing leave to appeal, Justice Gageler said the Queensland court of appeal had made no arguable er...

Last modified on Wed 19 May 2021 02.12 EDT A victim of the prolific paedophile Kevin Lynch at Brisbane Grammar school is taking his case to the high court in a push to secure what advocates say is a fairer compensation deal for the abuse he suffered as a boy. The decision could open the way for dozens of other survivors to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in new settlements from the school. But if the plaintiff, known as TRG, fails in his bid, other victims who signed binding deals many ye...