The Forthcoming Domestic Abuse Bill Is A Real Opportunity For Reform

The most important announcement this week on the topical issue of rape trials came from former High Court Judge, Dame Laura Cox. After a two year inquiry, leading a distinguished panel of lawyers and others she concluded that complainants’ sexual history was too frequently and inappropriately used in rape trials and recommended that the Government review the law on whether such evidence should ever be use to show consent.Fear of being accused of having sex with other men has, for years, de