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HL HL2637
Sexual Offences: Compensation
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16 March 2020
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25 March 2020 · Answer
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25 March 2020
Summary
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 March (HL2225), what is their policy on limiting the discretion of courts to refuse to make a compensation order on the basis of the behaviour of the victim; and wha
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16 March 2020
Written question
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Keen of Elie on 13 March (HL2225), what is their policy on limiting the discretion of courts to refuse to make a compensation order on the basis of the behaviour of the victim; and wha
Source: Lords
25 March 2020
Answer
Under the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000, courts are required to consider making a compensation order in cases involving personal injury, loss or damage, and to give reasons where no such order is made. There are no current plans to amend...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-16/HL2637
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1185135
- uk · wq-1185135 · source updated 25 March 2020