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Nick Forbes

Change to corroboration rules will have ‘far-reaching consequences’ – law body

The Law Society of Scotland has warned that a change to corroboration rules will have ‘far-reaching consequences’ (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

A landmark ruling on corroboration that could see more rape cases go to trial will have “far-reaching consequences,” a law body has warned.

On October 30, an historic nine-judge panel supported an appeal by Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC, who had called for a change to corroboration laws in the wake of two sexual offences trials that resulted in majority not proven verdicts.

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