Richard Hearnden, instructed by CPS London RASSO, appeared before the LCJ in a ’significant’ case concerning consent in sexual cases.

Richard Hearnden, instructed by CPS London RASSO, appeared before the LCJ in a ’significant’ case concerning consent in sexual cases. The Court of Appeal found, as Richard had argued, that the victim’s consent to sexual activity had been nullified where she had been filmed without her knowledge: R v BVA [2025] EWCA Crim 1359.

Court of Appeal Judgment here