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This website was established and is maintained through funding from The Lighthouse Fellowship

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The Lighthouse Fellowship is a charitable organisation which assists persons with mental health issues negotiate societal challenges

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The website is currently undergoing revision

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Contact info@vulnerablewitness.com for any information

A recent significant Supreme Court decision regarding the sentencing of child defendants is DPP v CC which provided that the use of review sentences are no longer to be used for children. Click on the link below to access the judgment. 

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'Vulnerable Witnesses and Defendants

in Criminal Proceedings' 

by Miriam Delahunt BL, PhD

is now available to buy in bookshops

or through Clarus Press 

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Recent signficiant cases......

The Supreme Court case of DPP v CC (13th March 2025) has ended the use of reviews as a sentencing provision....

In DPP v AM (2nd May 2025), the Supreme Court restricted the parameters for the disclosure of counselling notes under s.19A Criminal Evidence Act 1992...

The case of DPP v PB (13th March 2025) addressed the issue of anonymity and child defendants who 'age out' during their criminal proceeedings allowing the child to retain their anonymity.....

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