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Lake Alice: Government to address historic redress inequities

Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital

30 Oct 2024

One News

In 2001, the Crown reached a $6.5 million group settlement with 95 survivors. They had been subjected to abuse at the facility.

“Law firm Grant Cameron and Associates (now GCA Lawyers) represented the group and deducted an estimated $2.6 million in legal fees from the total settlement before individual payments were made,” a Government statement this morning explained.

“This resulted in survivors receiving, on average, an estimated $41,000, after approximately $27,000 was deducted in legal fees.”

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