Rape complainers should be represented in court: debate
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A debate exploring whether complainers in rape cases should have their own lawyer in court is being staged by the Faculty of Advocates in association with Rape Crisis Scotland.
The issue to be discussed will be: “This house believes that prosecution in the public interest cannot deliver justice to rape complainers unless they have independent representation.”
The event will be chaired by Gordon Jackson QC, Dean of Faculty, while the speakers in favour of the motion are Simon Di Rollo QC, and Professor Peter Duff, of Aberdeen University Law School, and those against it are Murdo Macleod QC, and Clare Connelly, advocate.
Tickets are free for the debate, at 6pm on Wednesday, 28 November, in the Faculty’s Mackenzie Building, and can be booked here.
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