Abuse: Seeking damages for child pornography

Malcolm Johnson reviews the basis of compensation ‘Clearly a person who abuses a child in the course of creating a film will be liable to the child for assault. However, what about a person who simply takes the film?’ Child pornography is a multi-billion dollar industry. The statistics published by the Child Exploitation and Online …
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