Claims that apologies create legal liability are refuted by existing apologies

Evidence

There is also an argument with wide currency that an official apology by the Commonwealth Government will create enormous legal and financial consequences (in the sense that it is an acknowledgment of liability). This is despite the fact that all Australian state and territory legislatures, and many other governmental and judicial bodies, have made apologies without any of those consequences being evident. — Nyla R. Branscombe and Bertjan Doosje (eds.), Collective Guilt, 795

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims