Introduce measures to protect victims of domestic abuse from cross-examination
by their alleged perpetrators.
2017 election, but included within the June Queen's speech was a promise of a Courts Bill, which will «end direct cross examination of domestic violence victims
by their alleged perpetrators in the family courts».
A further provision will be inserted into PHA 1997 whereby the criminal court, when acquitting an alleged perpetrator of any offence, may, if it considers it necessary to do so to protect a person from harassment
by the alleged perpetrator, make a restraining order against the alleged perpetrator.
He concluded: «It is a stain on the reputation of our Family Justice system that a Judge can still not prevent a victim being cross examined
by an alleged perpetrator.
Mr Justice Hayden in Re A (a minor)(fact finding; unrepresented party)[2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam) says «It is a stain on the reputation of our Family Justice system that a Judge can still not prevent a victim being cross examined
by an alleged perpetrator» and Changes to the law are still needed to restrict the cross-examination of alleged victims by alleged Perpetrators.
Not exact matches
In this culture / country we have a set of principles that empowers duly authorized agents to apprehend, present the
alleged perpetrator for fair and speedy trial, with representation and a verdict rendered
by a jury of peers.
The Southern Poverty Law Center released a report this month that counted 100 people killed or injured
by «
alleged perpetrators influenced
by the so - called «alt - right»» between 2014 and 2018.
It has also called for the
alleged perpetrators, including the Abontendomhene, to be brought to book
by the relevant institutions.
The rest of «Freedomland» deals with what happens when the urban housing projects of Dempsy, N.J. — the town in which the
alleged crime took place — are sealed off
by the police of the neighboring, predominantly white town, Gannon, as a way of smoking out the
perpetrator.
The cross-examination of an
alleged victim
by their
perpetrator is prohibited
by statute but only in higher courts.
Setting out how information about outcome of the investigation will be provided to the complainant and
alleged perpetrator (if the
perpetrator is employed
by the employer).
Both the
alleged victim and
alleged perpetrator (s) have rights that need to taken into account
by the employer.
«All were of the opinion that the biggest risk was being sued for assaulting an
alleged mugger, and going broke paying lawyers to defend them, while the
perpetrator would be underwritten in his lawsuit
by the government.»
The two main players (besides of course the victim and the
alleged perpetrator) in this story are BP and the staffing agency contracted
by BP, Aerotek.