Briefing: Automatic Special Measures (Amendment 52)
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This document sets out proposals for an amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill for an automatic right to access certain special measures in court.
It details calls by the Victims’ Commissioner for England and Wales, Claire Waxman OBE, for certain vulnerable victims to have a legal entitlement to the following special measures:
- Screening witnesses from the accused
- Evidence by live link
- Video recorded evidence in chief