After careful consideration of the concerns raised by complainants and certain MPs, the government rightly decided a change was necessary in order to strengthen this particular area of sexual offences within criminal law.
BCL partner, Paul Morris has his article, ‘Sexual offence suspects deserve anonymity’ published in The Times, discussing the current consequences of being suspected of a sexual offence and lastingly impacted by negative media coverage.
Partner Paul Morris, who defended Sir Cliff Richard in relation to historic sexual allegations, discusses the anonymity of suspects. Many of his observations were recently quoted by The Times in an article considering this topic.
