Giving oral evidence on behalf of the COPFS, Anne Marie Hicks said she saw the requirement for corroboration as one of the "safeguards" against over-criminalisation built into the new law.xiJustice Committee, Official Report, 6 June 2017, col. 22
Most evidence that the Committee received expresses contentment with, and welcomes, the drafting of the new offence of domestic abuse, as set out in the Bill, considering that it reflects the lived...