Sex by Deception

Sarah Vine KC is a barrister specialising in criminal law at Doughty Street Chambers. Her practice includes economic and business crime, homicide, serious organised crime, sexual offences, and cases involving vulnerable defendants and witnesses.In this episode we discuss the law relating to sex by deception - where consent to sex is considered to be vitiated by one party deceiving the other. In the extended episode, Sarah and I also talk about how this law applies to cases where someone is induced into sexual activity by a deception as to biological sex. If you’d like to listen to that, head over to knowingius.substack.com and subscribe. Music: The Cobblestone by Hans Johnson This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit knowingius.org/subscribe