Consent in sexual offences

The Law Reform Commission’s recent reference, Project 113, examined issues and made recommendations to modernise and improve Western Australia’s sexual offence laws. Project 113 reviews matters such as the definition of consent, the circumstances in which there is no consent, the defence of mistaken belief in consent, the directions given by judges to juries in sexual offence trials, Western Australia’s substantive sexual offences and the maximum penalties for sexual offences. The Final Report for Project 113 was tabled in Parliament on 15 May 2024 and is available online at https://justice.wa.gov.au/lrcwa-project113

About the presenter
The Hon Jenkins joined the Commission on 9 September 2020. She is a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Western Australia. The Hon Jenkins has practiced law in multiple Australian jurisdictions since her admission to practice in 1982. From 1989-2001 she worked at the Western Australian Crown Solicitors office, holding several legal officer positions including Deputy Crown Counsel. She has appeared as counsel in all courts in WA, the Federal Court and the High Court of Australia. She was a member of the Model Criminal Code Committee from 1999-2001, with the Committee’s work forming the basis for what is now the Commonwealth Criminal Code. The Hon Jenkins served as a judge of the District Court of WA from 2001-2004 and judge of the Supreme Court of WA from 2004 to January 2020. She retired as the then longest serving judge in WA after presiding over civil and criminal matters in the jurisdiction for
more than fifteen years.

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