29 November 2007
R v Cartwright [2007] EWCA Crim 2581, [2007] All ER (D) 102 (Nov)
The restrictions imposed by the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, s 41 on the calling of evidence of, and cross-examination as to, complainants’ sexual history, apply to all trials conducted after the coming into force of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, even in respect of sexual offences allegedly committed before that date, even though the latter statute does not contain specific provision to that effect.
