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Challenge on legal time bar for child abuse

The time bar that prevents many alleged victims of historic child abuse in Scotland from seeking justice in the courts is to be challenged by a Holyrood-backed rights group.

The time bar that prevents many alleged victims of historic child abuse in Scotland from seeking justice in the courts is to be challenged by a Holyrood-backed rights group.