***Distressing content warning***

29 September: Part 1 testimony of Cooper Legal begins from 1:23:45 on video.  Part 2 testimony of Cooper Legal begins from 17:20 on video.

Sonja Cooper and Amanda Hill expanded on the evidence relating to redress that they provided to the Inquiry at the Contextual Hearing in October/November 2019. Their evidence drew on the experience of the thousands of claimants they have represented over many years. Topics covered will include legal and other barriers to successfully seeking redress in the court system; the redress processes of the Crown agencies (Ministry of Social Development, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health, and their predecessors); barriers to settlement experienced by their clients and Cooper Legal under these processes; issues relating to funding of claims for historic abuse in care and levels of compensation claimants receive; and the role of human rights instruments in these processes. Their evidence also suggested proposed solutions for the Inquiry to consider.