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1 Sep 2021 15:09
Study Shows Society Doesn’t Recognise Male Domestic Abuse Victimshttps://www.hillhousechambers.co.uk/post/study-shows-society-doesn-t-recognise-male-domestic-abuse-victims more...
28 May 2021 20:36
What Are The Amendments To The Domestic Violence Bill?Click llink below for full article https://www.hillhousechambers.co.uk/post/what-are-the-amendments-to-the-domestic-violence-bill more...
31 Mar 2021 14:19
Domestic Abuse in the Family Courts: A Changing Landscape?The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in 4 joined cases considering the approach of the Family Court to the issue of domestic abuse. In a case that attracted substantial comment in the media, and which was live tweeted to the public by legal bloggers (as well as being conducted entirely more...
Turning Children Against Parents: Parental Alienation — Sima Najma
What happens if a child has been manipulated to such an extent by one parent that he or she is unwilling to have any contact with the other parent? The approach of the Courts and practitioners to what’s known as parental alienation is constantly evolving as our understanding of the effects of this more...
Safety From domestic Abuse and Special Measures in Remote & Hybrid Hearings (November 2020)
wriiten by Sima Najma (Chambers of Mr Michael Cogan) Most practitioners will be aware of the helpful guidance published on Tuesday 10th November by Sir Andrew McFarlane (President of the Family Division) with the assistance of the Domestic Abuse Working Group of the Family Justice Council in more...
12 Oct 2020 15:09
Research report into training needs relating to domestic abuseThe Magistrates Association worked with academics from the University of Durham and the University of Sunderland to carry out research on domestic abuse. It involved MA members completing a survey about their views on specialist domestic abuse courts as well as their perceptions of risk and more...
13 Mar 2020 16:06
Domestic abuse programmes – are we running before we can walk?This week in the budget, the government re-iterated its commitment to supporting victims of crime. Specifically “the government will provide an additional £5 million to begin a trial of domestic abuse courts in England and Wales, allowing criminal and family matters to be considered together. To more...
6 Mar 2020 13:46
How to target the most serious domestic abusersThere are very few who criticise the draft domestic abuse bill. But many campaigners will admit that the measures in it are unlikely to significantly reduce abuse. It has good proposals – it’s right that those accused of DA (domestic abuse) should not cross examine their alleged victims in the more...
24 Jan 2020 12:43
MA responds to report on evidence led domestic abuse prosecutionsHM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) have published a joint report on evidence led domestic abuse cases. The report finds that the handling of evidence led domestic abuse prosecutions requires improvement and that more...
6 Mar 2019 09:49
I believe in evidence“Don’t you believe in anything?” “Yes”, Isaac Asimov said. “I believe in evidence. I believe in observation, measurement, and reasoning, confirmed by independent observers”. I’m getting increasingly frustrated by the lack of evidence underpinning much of our criminal justice system. The system is more...
31 Jan 2019 13:33
A draft domestic abuse bill Domestic abuse in 2019 – David BurrowsDomestic abuse is endemic in UK society. The law’s response has consisted of sporadic police prosecutions, a Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (rarely used), and uncoordinated remedies in family proceedings mostly under Family Law Act 1996 Part 4 (the non-molestation and the occupation order). more...
28 Jan 2019 13:38
The Round-up: Domestic Violence Consultation and some Strasbourg casesIn the News The Home Office has published a domestic violence consultation response and draft bill as part of a landmark overhaul of domestic abuse laws. Theresa May promised an overhaul almost two years ago, and the bill was a key pledge in the 2017 Queen’s Speech. The bill introduces the first more...
3 Jan 2019 09:28
Should we rely on the criminal justice system to reduce domestic abuse?Everyone involved in domestic abuse wants to stop it. But there is huge disagreement about how to do so. Many campaigners feel that domestic abuse would stop if all incidents were prosecuted, if more cases resulted in convictions, and if sentences were tougher. Their views are reflected in the more...
28 Sep 2018 10:26
How much worse can it get? CRCs and domestic abuseI hope the picture painted by inspectors this week of how probation deals with domestic abuse is just a snapshot in time, that is never was and never will be as bad again. Few aspects of the service comes out well – from assessment, to working with other agencies, to protecting victims, to more...
24 Sep 2018 08:31
The police and domestic abuse – damned if they do, damned if they don’t“There are a lot of people who get very nervous around domestics because historically it’s been driven into the police that domestics lead to murders. I appreciate that some do but, with that in mind, people err on the side of extreme caution. They think ‘well, we have to arrest somebody, because more...
30 Aug 2018 08:36
Domestic abuse programmes - where is the evidence they work?Why is the government continuing to spend thousands of pounds on programmes aimed at reducing domestic abuse when they don’t know whether they work? Today Transform Justice brings out a report on reducing domestic abuse which advocates for greater use of perpetrator programmes to reduce domestic more...
28 Aug 2018 08:37
Healing or opening emotional wounds -should restorative justice be used for domestic abuse?There are many strongly held views about what should and shouldn’t be done in cases of domestic abuse. Campaigners supporting domestic abuse victims have long campaigned against some uses of restorative justice (‘a process whereby all parties with a stake in a particular offence come together to more...
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