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Issues in sex-assault trials top busy winter docket for Supreme Court Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press A federal law protecting sexual-assault complainants from being “ambushed” in court by e-mails or notes they wrote to the accused faces a major test at the Supreme Court this winter. The law – which defence lawyers say makes it difficult to conduct an effective cross-examination – is among the biggest changes to how sexual-assault trials are conducted in the past 20 years. ....