Lord Carloway warns lawyers over sex case questions
SCOTLAND’S most senior judge has issued a strongly-worded warning to lawyers about the way they question alleged victims of sex crimes in High Court trials.
In a judgment delivered at the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday, Lord Carloway said he was concerned that some lawyers are failing to respect the rights of alleged sexual assault victims and urged trial judges to intervene to stop lawyers indulging in “protracted, vexatious or unfeeling” questioning of complainants.
Lord Carloway, the Lord Justice Clerk, made his remarks at an appeal to a rape and sexual assault case heard in the High Court last year.
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