A 78-year-old former teacher who was sexually assaulted has won the right to sue her attacker for a share of his £7m lottery winnings - 20 years after the crime was committed. The High Court judgment against the convicted rapist Iorworth Hoare sets a powerful precedent for claimants previously defeated by time-limited regulations. The ruling could, it is claimed, encourage victims previously deterred from bringing cases to initiate class actions against local authorities, churches and other institutions. Mr Justice Coulson denied that his decision - allowing the pensioner to pursue a claim for damages - would open the floodgates to litigation. He insisted that the circumstances of the former teacher, known to the court only as Mrs A, were highly unusual. The woman claims she suffered psychological injures after Hoare attacked...
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