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Domestic abuse legislation: Fit for purpose?
Claire Molyneux and Louise Spalding investigate the draft Domestic Abuse Bill, and ask if its well-intentioned aims can be achieved ‘Domestic abuse is defined in the draft Domestic Abuse Bill as abusive behaviour by a perpetrator towards a victim where the two people are each aged 16 or over and are personally connected.’ In January …
Cases Referenced
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- Re A (A Minor: Fact-finding: Unrepresented Party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam)
- TK v SK (Children: Fact Finding: Serious Domestic Abuse) [2018] EWFC B81