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Lawyers have argued that the apology would not lead to successful compensation claims because the removal of children was done legally under the laws of the time and sanctioned by state and federal governments.
But Lavan Legal general counsel and high-profile lawyer Martin Bennett, who has acted for the late Lang Hancock and Alan Bond, said the Trevorrow case and the low cap of $80,000 under Redress WA had persuaded his firm to offer to run Stolen Generations cases on a pro bono basis and pursue just compensation through the courts.
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