Police officer jailed for breaking wife’s back – BBC News
‘A police officer who broke his wife’s back after kicking her down stairs has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 25th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: domestic violence
Practice Direction 12J, fact find hearings and child arrangements – E, F and G (Interim Child Arrangements) [2024] EWCA Civ 874 – Becket Chambers
‘E, F and G (Interim Child Arrangements) [2024] EWCA Civ 874 was a recent appeal brought by the Mother on 2 grounds; the first in respect of a child arrangements order made for unsupervised contact and the second regarding an adjournment due to a Qualified Legal Representative (‘QLR’) not being available for the fact find hearing. This article will focus on the first ground in respect of the child arrangements order.’
Becket Chambers, 30th September 2024
Source: becket-chambers.co.uk
Mother fleeing domestic abuse placed in unsuitable mixed-sex accommodation by council, Ombudsman finds – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found that the London Borough of Tower Hamlets failed to consider the impact of placing a vulnerable family with a history of PTSD from domestic abuse in mixed-sex shared accommodation.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations – Financial Remedies Journal
‘Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations.’
Financial Remedies Journal, 8th October 2024
Source: financialremediesjournal.com
Cafcass adopts new policy to protect victims of domestic abuse in court system – Local Government Lawyer
‘Family Court Advisors and Children’s Guardians will no longer use language such as ‘claims’ or ‘alleges’ in reports to court, using instead the words of children and adults who are victims of domestic abuse, in line with a new Domestic Abuse Practice Policy published by Cafcass.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th October 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Family court judges use victim-blaming language in domestic abuse cases, finds AI project – The Guardian
‘Judges in the family courts are using victim-blaming and gender-biased language towards domestic abuse survivors, AI analysis of judgments and appeals in England and Wales reveals.’
The Guardian, 8th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Postmaster jailed for wife’s murder seeks appeal – BBC News
‘A former sub-postmaster serving life in prison for murdering his wife is seeking a fresh appeal of his conviction, arguing the Post Office Inquiry has shed new light on his case.’
BBC News, 3rd October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Care leavers under 25, domestic abuse survivors and veterans to be exempt from social housing “local connection” rules – Local Government Lawyer
‘Care leavers under 25, domestic abuse survivors and all UK Armed Forces veterans are to be exempt from rules which require a connection to a local area before accessing social housing, the Government has announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th September 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘She didn’t want to believe he was an evil monster’ – BBC News
‘Holly Bramley was murdered by her husband, Nicholas Metson, at their Lincoln home in March 2023. Holly’s family have been speaking to the BBC’s Jo Makel about the abusive relationship that ended with her death and how they are supporting a campaign against domestic violence in her honour.’
BBC News, 26th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police officers perpetrate shocking levels of domestic abuse with impunity, report finds – The Independent
‘Police officers perpetrate shocking levels of domestic abuse yet many operate with impunity due to forces failing to properly hold them to account, according to new research.’
The Independent, 18th September 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Man who killed ex to be released after appeal denied – BBC News
‘The family of a woman killed by her ex-partner have had an appeal against his release refused.’
BBC News, 12th September 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sophia Stapleton explores and explains orders made under Section 91(14): Protection from further applications under the Children Act 1989 – 2DRJ
‘A section 91(14) order is also sometimes known as a ‘barring order’, but this is misleading. Orders made under section 91(14) of the Children Act 1989 stop a named person from making any application under the Children Act 1989 without the court’s permission.’
2DRJ, 3rd September 2024
Source: www.2drj.com
Mother ‘devastated’ after rapist ex-partner given access to their daughter – The Guardian
‘A mother found to have been raped by her ex-partner was “devastated” after the family court permitted the convicted sex offender to have contact with their child.’
The Guardian, 31st August 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
NHS clinical negligence agreement “encourages apologies” – Legal Futures
‘A successor agreement to the Covid-19 clinical negligence protocol has been launched , which encourages the NHS to provide a “meaningful letter of apology” where liability is admitted and identify any patient safety lessons.’
Legal Futures, 28th August 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘It’s not like you were beaten’: The horrifying misogyny vulnerable women face from the judge’s bench – The Independent
‘Domestic abuse survivors warn that – inside the secretive family courts – they are being ‘retraumatised’ by the legal system, and say judges are the worst offenders.’
The Independent, 17th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘It’s not like you were beaten’: The horrifying misogyny vulnerable women face from the judge’s bench – The Independent
‘Domestic abuse survivors warn that – inside the secretive family courts – they are being “retraumatised” by the legal system, and say judges are the worst offenders.’
The Independent, 16th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Thousands of babies witness domestic abuse each year and suffer ‘life-altering’ trauma, data reveals – The Independent
‘Nearly 130,000 babies were present at or were affected by an incident of domestic abuse in the past three years, new data from England’s police forces shows.’
The Independent, 8th August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Domestic abuse and the Financial Remedies Court – Transparency Project
‘This post discusses the current approach to domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings. For those short on time and unable to read the post in full, the key conclusions you need to be aware of are; the recent decision of Mr. Justice Peel in N v J [2024] EWFC 184 is important and says if you want the court to consider domestic abuse as part of your case you will need to follow the procedure in Tsvetkov v Khayrova [2023] EWFC 130; it also says that domestic abuse will only potentially be taken into account by the court if it is exceptional and has had a negative financial impact on the alleged victim.’
Transparency Project, 8th August 2024
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
Husband who put body in suitcase sentenced to life – BBC News
‘An “evil man” who strangled his wife for having an online affair and dumped her body in a river has been sentenced to life in prison.’
BBC News, 30th July 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Violence against women soars by 40% as police chief brands crime rate a ‘national emergency’ – The Independent
‘Crimes involving violence against women and girls have surged by almost 40 per cent in England and Wales in recent years, according to a new report.’
The Independent, 23rd July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
