The court gave guidance regarding the assessment of a complainant’s mental capacity in a criminal trial when the alleged offences involved proof of a lack of consent.
The court gave guidance regarding the assessment of a complainant’s mental capacity in a criminal trial when the alleged offences involved proof of a lack of consent.
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLAINANT’S MENTAL CAPACITY BURDEN OF PROOF CONSENT CRIMINAL EVIDENCE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE (INSANITY) ACT 1964 s.4A EXPERT WITNESSES MENTAL CAPACITY MENTAL CAPACITY ACT 2005 s.2 MENTAL HEALTH PERSONS LACKING CAPACITY s.1 s.1(2) s.2(1) s.2(4) s.30 s.30(2)(a) s.31 s.31(2)(a) s.32 s.32(2)(a) s.33 s.33(2)(a) s.4 s.4(5) s.42 s.44 s.74 s.75 s.76 SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL OFFENCES SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 s.3 SEXUAL OFFENCES INVOLVING PROOF OF LACK OF CONSENT STANDARD OF PROOF
There was no power to add an extended sentence to a detention and training order under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 s.85 .
ADDITION OF EXTENDED PERIOD OF LICENCE TO DETENTION AND TRAINING ORDERS CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 s.39(2) DETENTION AND TRAINING ORDERS EXTENDED LICENCE PERIODS EXTENDED SENTENCES EXTENSION PERIODS INDECENCY INDECENCY WITH A CHILD INDECENCY WITH CHILD POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.85 s.101 s.101(5) S.101(5) POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.102 s.103 s.103(1) s.105 s.106 s.33 s.39 S.39(2) CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1991 s.43(3) s.44(3) s.76 S.85 POWERS OF CRIMINAL COURTS (SENTENCING) ACT 2000 s.85(1) s.85(1)(b) s.85(2) s.85(5) s.91 SENTENCING SENTENCING POWERS SEXUAL OFFENCES UNLAWFUL SENTENCES
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