Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 33622
Domestic Abuse: Victims
Tabled: 25 February 2025
Answered: 10 March 2025
Question
Lola McEvoy
Labour — Darlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department is taking steps to help ensure that victims of domestic violence do not have the sentencing hearings of their abusers postponed the day before they are due to take place.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe decision on when and where a case is listed is the responsibility of the independent judiciary. Judges are guided in this task by judicial listing principles, which stipulate that cases involving vulnerable complainants and witnesses should be priorit...
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