EXCLUSIVE @CrimBarrister on the proposed introduction of pre-recorded cross-examination for “victims of rape and other sex crimes”

There are so many potential blog topics from the current febrile political climate right now, it’s hard to know where to start.

There’s the rumbling row about s41 and whether the previous sexual history of complainants in sexual offences trials should be admissible, and if so in what circumstances – check out top blogger The Secret Barrister on this (https://thesecretbarrister.com/2017/02/09/the-rape-shield-bill-is-well-intentioned-meaningless-and-dangerous/). And then there’s the issue about the approach of the CPS to prosecuting sex cases, and alleged ‘victim blaming’, which has raised its head again today (see here: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4349464/Judge-launches-extraordinary-attack-Chief-Prosecutor.html).