K.M v. H.M (1992)

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KM was prevented from suing her father for sexually assaulting her when she was a child because she missed the legal time limit for bringing a civil action. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that in cases of childhood sexual assault the limitation period should not begin to run until the plaintiff was aware of the harm they had suffered.

This ruling was the first judicial decision which recognized how the particular kind of harm suffered by sexually abused children affects their ability to access justice.

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Supreme Court of Canada Decision (1992)