Should a complainant's counselling records be used in a sexual assault trial?
About this episode
The episode discusses the Victorian government's plans to protect victim survivors' health and counselling information in sexual assault trials.
The Law Report looks at the Victorian government plans to ensure health and counselling information is not used in court without the consent of victim survivors, who will also be given the choice to pre-record their evidence ahead of trial.
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