Index card R v A

R v A

Hearings

England & Wales

19 Jul 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 988; [2022] 1 WLR 4283; [2022] 2 Cr App R 19; [2022] WLR(D) 314, CA (Dame Victoria Sharp P, Fraser, Hill JJ)

Subject Matter

CRIME — Evidence — Video recording — Defendant charged with offences of sexual assault — Judge making special measures direction providing for cross-examination of complainant to be recorded and admitted in evidence — Whether such direction available on proper construction of statutory provisions — Whether wrongful making of such direction rendering subsequent conviction unsafe — Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (c 23), ss 16, 17, 21, 22, 28

[2022] EWCA Crim 988; [2022] 1 WLR 4283; [2022] 2 Cr App R 19; [2022] WLR(D) 314, CA

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