‘It was ridiculous to expect children to take responsibility for their own abuse like that’.

The so-called ‘same roof rule’, which has unfairly denied many victims and survivors access to the Criminal Injuries Compensation they deserve following child sexual abuse and other sexual and violent offences, was finally abolished on 13 June 2019.

This breakthrough for justice follows a landmark victory for one survivor who successfully took her case to the Court of Appeal last year, where senior judges found the regulation that had prevented her receiving compensation was incompatible with human rights law.