Today (Tuesday 28 April) the Home Office has announced £3.1 million will go to specialist services for children who have both been directly and indirectly affected by domestic abuse. This can include one-to-one and group counselling sessions to improve the mental...
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As I write this we’re entering Week 3 of ‘lockdown’. It’s a time of unusual pressures and increased emotions and, for many people, significant isolation. How does that play out if you are in an abusive relationship, living with and probably dependent upon your abuser?...
The Domestic Abuse Bill and Divorce Reform legislation, which lawyers at Cartridges Law contributed to, have become casualties of the general election.
Penny Scott has expressed her concerns over the loss of the Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Bill and the Domestic Abuse Bill, following the suspension of parliament.
This week, the Guardian reported that Helen Newlove, Victims’ Commissioner, has found that victims of crime are traumatised and frustrated by the process of claiming compensation. So much so, the process could re-trigger the trauma of the crime. Unfortunately,...
Last month, Penny, in her capacity as Chair of the Law Society Family Committee, drafted a joint letter with representatives of Women's Aid and Resolution to the Lord Chancellor raising the issue of cross-examination by alleged domestic abuse perpetrators of their...