Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Sexual offenses in New Zealand

According to this Stuff report, the New Zealand government is considering barring defense counsel from cross-examining complaints in sex cases. A current controversy has arisen over whether the government should be seeking NZ$200,000 in costs in a sexual harassment case that was thrown out because it was time-barred.

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  1. Not to worry about the costs:
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108768718/PM-says-Air-Force-sex-attack-victim-will-not-be-forced-to-pay-Defence-legal-costs

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