Protect privacy while preserving the evidential record
Confidential defence and victim representation in sexual-offence and intimate-image cases, with careful attention to consent, safeguarding, medical evidence, digital evidence and privacy.
Delayed reporting, incomplete memory, medical findings and private communications must be handled without assumptions about credibility or guilt. Neither party should contact, pressure or publicly identify the other while the legal position is assessed.
Discuss privacy, timing, consent and supporting evidence
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Protect safety, dignity, confidentiality and the presumption of innocence
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Separate each alleged act, participant and legal element
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Preserve messages, location data and medical or digital material
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Avoid direct contact, public commentary or informal evidence gathering