Legal Women February 2024

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Sexual Offences and Justice

Part three of a three-part series

The Jury’s Out?

This is the final part of Dr Molly Bellamy's consideration of the pilot scheme in Scotland to hold judge-only trials for rape cases. Everyone wants justice in these cases but there are widely different views on how we might achieve it. You can refer to the earlier discussions in the Summer and Autumn 2023 editions.

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Grazia Robertson Criminal Defence Lawyer

Shiela Webster, President of the Law Society Scotland

Fiona Leverick, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, University of Glasgow

Baroness Helena Kennedy KC

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