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Just an observation as I listened to @BBCr4today have a piece on whether judges should be mandated by law to give certain directions in Rape trials.
The Judicial College already undertakes regular training for judges who try these cases who have to be ”ticketed” to do so.
Just an observation as I listened to @BBCr4today have a piece on whether judges should be mandated by law to give certain directions in Rape trials.
Anecdata about a handful of judges without clear examples isn't helpful. It also demonstrates that the vast majority do.
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Anti-homosexuality laws in Trinidad and Tobago overturned bbc.in/3WBDSSD
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Lawyers know someone is about to say something ridiculous whenever they begin with “Now, I'm no legal expert, but…”
How one teacher changed a life for the better - v moving bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0033z…
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Our report on evidence in sexual offences prosecutions, published last year, addresses the issues of juries and rape myths lawcom.gov.uk/project/eviden…
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Directions to counter rape myths and assumptions are standard and were approved by the Court of Appeal 20 years ago.
The Law Commission also examined these directions and published its report in 2025.
It supports directions being given by Judges.
Victims need confidence that the justice process is fair and based on evidence, not myths and false assumptions about trauma.
I am calling for the Courts and Tribunals Bill to require judges to address rape myths when directing juries in every rape trial theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Correct . Bonus points if you spend the weekend resting because you’re peaky but can’t call in sick on Monday.
Being a lawyer is just spending all week looking forward to the weekend, then spending the entire weekend worrying about all the work you have the following week over and over again until you die.
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Worth it for RASSO practitioners to read not only the the OP thread but the replies.
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My experience in a rape trial as a juror was worrying but not in the way that many commentators think ( I am only referencing what happened in open court). The complainants evidence and cross examination was given ahead of the trial and prerecorded. We saw it on tv sets and
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Today, we remember all who served and sacrificed.🌹
Among them were thousands of men and women from the Caribbean and Africa who served as pilots, navigators, engineers, nurses, clerks and infantry.
Their stories are a critical part of Black British history.
Today we honour them all 🌹 #remembrancesunday
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This case is from 2020 and, with 11 trials listed in just 4 courtrooms at Northampton Crown Court on Monday, it’s had to be delayed again.
The victim, then 14, is now 20. Recorder Davis has intervened to try to avoid a further two year wait for justice northantstelegraph.co.uk/new…
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After a stretch on a very difficult case I clear the diary for light work until I have recovered. You need time to absorb the gravity of the work and then its importance, because desensitisation sets in and that is a problem of its own. Nobody teaches this at Bar school.