Sheffield’s Taylor&Emmet LLP is expanding the in-house services it offers from its new Rotherham office, with the appointment of a local family law specialist. Dawn Lowry has joined the firm to provide advice on all aspects of family law, including domestic abuse, as well as Legal Aid funded mediation. Having Read more…
In June 2017 the Government announced that a new law on domestic abuse would form part of the legislative programme for this Parliament. On 8th March 2018, a consultation was announced which has put more more flesh on the bones of the proposed bill. A government consultation sets out a timescale Read more…
In January this year High Court Family Judge Mr Justice Cobb set out his proposals to change the way the family court deals with allegations of domestic abuse in children cases. On Monday 2nd October new guidance came into force which should ensure that judges consider the impact of domestic Read more…
For a number of years there has been a debate about whether alleged perpetrators of domestic abuse should be allowed to cross examine their victims in the family court. This arises where the alleged perpetrator is a parent who has applied for a child arrangements order. It is usually, but Read more…
Domestic Abuse in Russia and the US: International Women’s Day International Women’s Day is celebrated on 8th March each year. It is a commemoration of the women’s rights movement and has a long history. The first Women’s Day observance was held in New York in 1909; in 1917 March 8th Read more…
Last week a senior family court judge, Mr Justice Cobb, proposed changes to the way the family courts deal with allegations of domestic abuse in disputes over arrangements for children. The announcement comes one year after the Women’s Aid report entitled ‘Nineteen Child Homicides’ was published alongside the launch of Read more…
Whilst there is much debate in the media about who is to blame for the recent spate of football violence during Euro 2016, at home the warnings are that domestic abuse incidents are likely to rise during the tournament. Research shows that excessive alcohol consumption coupled with the heightened tensions Read more…
On 17 May, the Home Secretary Theresa May said that the police are still not taking domestic abuse seriously enough as a crime. Domestic violence – or to use the wider term domestic abuse – was redefined in 2013 as: “any incident of controlling, coercive, threatening behaviour, violence or abuse Read more…
Following on from my previous blog it has now been confirmed by the Court of Appeal that the 24 month time limit imposed by the Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) is invalid. LASPO was introduced in April 2013 and resulted in the majority of people who had Read more…
When former Eastenders actress, Sian Blake and her two children were discovered murdered in their home, the issue of domestic abuse was thrust back into our conscious. This case garnered media interest because of the celebrity connection, but the harsh reality is two victims of domestic abuse are murdered by Read more…