Karen Bastow and David Milburn are expert in defending persons from both historical and current claims for monetary compensation for alleged sexual assaults, which have exploded in the last decade. For these kinds of claims, you need a lawyer with a background in criminal defense – because you are being accused of what is a criminal act, and where criminal charges were not laid, the claim is suspicious, weak and often solely motivated by money. Lawyer who also practice criminal defence have done 100’s of trials, unlike most civil counsel, and drawing out the lies is achieved by skilful cross-examination, which can only be learnt with years of practice. Even if criminal charges were laid, and you were never convicted, you can still be sued in civil claim for damages and be forced into an entirely new civil trial. As well, the area has been flooded by politically motivated counsellors, many of whom, unlike psychologists are not even regulated, who encourage their clients to recall events that never occurred. Where the claim is old, even if the claimant is telling the truth, they often “have the wrong guy.” We will work with you to make sure you can afford to defend yourself with payment plans suited to your financial circumstances, and at the end of the day, make sure the claimant pays for you legal costs when the claim is dismissed.