A rape victim’s counselling notes would have a new “statutory privilege”, meaning they would not be shared in the majority of trials, under amendments being considered by the Government on Wednesday.
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Psychologists raise alarm over use of victims’ counselling notes in sexual assault trials
More than 100 psychologists are to hear concerns about the amount of information being disclosed to defence teams in sex offence trials from victims' counselling notes. The event taking place on ...
Survivors of rape and sexual assault will no longer have to give police access to their counselling notes except in special circumstances, under a new code of practice that came into force on Monday.
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