About us

Fighting for Legal Reform

We are dedicated to advocating for changes in the legal system surrounding sexual assault cases and the disturbing abuse of the consent defence. This correlates directly to charging figures which currently stand at less than 2%.

This website is an information site only, and to direct people to the Goverment Petition.

Our goal is to bring the use of consent as a legal defence in line with those in murder cases, where when the suspect says they have had to use self defence resulting in a death, that the burden falls to them to prove that their life or wellbeing depended on them being able to defend themselves, and that is what resulted in a death. The burden then shifts back to the prosecution to disprove that they needed to to the usual standards.

Sexual Assault should follow the same priciple. That is when the suspect claims to have had consent, that they would be bound by law to prove it. This would be a fast track tool in education too, allowing young people to understand the full responsibility of obtaining consent, and that they must be certain sex is consensual, as they may have to prove it was.

Despite police claiming that they do not make charging decisions in such serious cases, that is not true. Most policing boroughs get only early advice from The CPS, which outlines that unless they have a case they can win, that no charge is made: And as soon as a suspect claims consent, unless there is such injury, or death, or public interest there is rarely a charge. This is fundamentally why charging rates for sexual assault and rape are so low. Police should not be making charging decisions for such serious allegations.

Recent vital education around sexual consent was bolstered in 2015 by Thames Valley Police's 'cup of tea consent' video, using the principle to aid understanding of consent and autonomy regarding sex and our right to say no and be heard, and conversely that a person must be certain that they have consent. However, this education appears to have enabled abusers in arming them with a one line defence, which is rarely challenged, charging rates are under 2%.

Now this outline is simple. It’s aim is to inform people in the simplest way why the laws and policy around sexual assault and rape need EMERGENCY reform. 

There were 169,000 allegations of rape in the England and Wales in 2023, and accordingly less than 3,400 (approx) were charged. Most were found not guilty, because consent defence abuse has not been considered, regulated and enshrined in policy and law.

Sexual assault and rape effect both men and women, and although women are in considerably higher numbers, these amendments in law would be non gender specific.

There would be a lot to consider and the best legal brains in our country would be consulted to frame and shape the reformed law. This website is about forcing debate in the House of Commons and getting this long overdue process, which unfairly re-victimises people the justice that they should be able to expect, and finally making predators accountable for their actions.

For perspective, in criminal law, this is the order of gravity in relation to tariffs/sentencing.

• Murder
• Manslaughter
• Rape

Why doesn't our current legal framework reflect this?

Go to https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722562 And make a difference today.

PETITION