The Court held that the plaintiff had not proved on the balance of probabilities that he was subjected to 'serious physical abuse' within the meaning of s 6A of the Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) while a student at a Catholic parish school in the early 1990s, and accordingly his claims were statute-barred; on contingent findings, the claims would also have failed on liability grounds.
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