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Sam McKeith

Crackdown on victim compensation 'claim farming'

NSW will introduce laws to prevent vulnerable people being pressured into filing compensation claims (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

New "claim farming" laws will be introduced in Australia's most populous state to protect people from being pressured into lodging compensation claims, including about sex abuse.

The NSW government said on Monday the laws would curb the "predatory practice" of pressuring vulnerable people to lodge civil claims on issues such as child abuse, assault or deprivation of liberty.

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