Re A (A Minor: Fact-finding: Unrepresented Party) [2017] EWHC 1195 (Fam)

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 …

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Domestic abuse: No time to delay

Katie Ghose and Natalie Friday provide a campaigner’s and a practitioner’s perspective on the failure to protect victims of domestic abuse from cross-examination by an alleged perpetrator ‘There is a clear link between survivors’ experience of domestic abuse, including coercive control and post-separation abuse, and risks to children’s wellbeing and safety.’ The campaigner The family …

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Private children: To the letter

Katherine Muldoon summarises the requirements in children proceedings involving domestic abuse, and the practice to be adopted as to fact-finding and cross-examination ‘There may be occasions when it is necessary and appropriate for the judge to conduct the questioning of a witness on behalf of the parties.’ In J (Children) [2018], the Court of Appeal …

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