Jess Phillips hopes the Supreme Court will overturn a Court of Appeal ruling that prevents a domestic abuse survivor from suing Sussex Police and the CPS after her address was disclosed to her violent ex-partner.
01Summary
- 01The Court of Appeal ruled in 2024 that a woman, identified as XGY, cannot sue Sussex Police and the CPS for disclosing her address during a magistrates hearing.
- 02Phillips, a former safeguarding minister, said the ruling would stop police being held accountable for failures in violence against women and girls cases.
- 03XGY's address was disclosed by a CPS lawyer in court; Sussex Police had not marked it as confidential when sending it to the CPS.
- 04Phillips, along with MPs David Davis and Andrew Mitchell, has tabled an amendment to counteract the ruling if it is not overturned by the Supreme Court.
- 05XGY said she continues the case because survivors should be able to trust that confidential information will be kept safe and that there should be accountability if that trust is broken.
02Why it matters
This case could set a precedent on whether police and prosecutors are immune from civil action for failures that endanger domestic abuse survivors, affecting trust in the justice system.
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