OBEs for Encompass couple
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1561548202258{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Former police sergeant David Carney-Haworth and his wife Elisabeth, a nursery and infant school head teacher, have been awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for their work safeguarding children from domestic abuse. The Plymouth couple created Operation Encompass in 2011 through which police […]
Government to spotlight family courts with DA in mind
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1561548079681{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Ministry of Justice has launched a three-month review to ensure family courts work with the interests of children at the forefront. The initiative follows consultation on the government’s Domestic Abuse Bill during which concerns were raised around the family courts’ response to potential harm […]
‘DA survivors put at risk of homelessness’
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1561547974926{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]An estimated 1,960 households fleeing domestic abuse in England each year are unable to secure a safe home through local authorities because they are considered not to be a priority need. The finding is from a study by Crisis, which campaigns on behalf of homeless […]
Theresa May vows to end ‘postcode lottery’ of DA
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558526200299{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The British government has launched 12 weeks of consultations into proposals to place a legal duty on local councils to deliver support to survivors of domestic abuse. The government accepts there are variations in provision across the country and Prime Minister Theresa May said the […]
Courts claim early success in video hearing tests
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558525857318{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Initial feedback from participants in a pilot scheme trying out video court hearings in the UK has been positive, says the courts and tribunals service. The intention is vulnerable people, such as domestic abuse victims seeking injunctions in cases of intimidation or threat of violence, […]
Closure-threatened refuges in Northamptonshire saved, for now
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558525654998{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Refuges across Northamptonshire are to stay open for another 12 months, but only by operator, the Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service (NDAS), making savings, drawing on cash reserves and fund raising. The service’s fund-raising campaign has reached £16,400 of its £100,000 target, the Northamptonshire Chronicle and […]
Dublin includes DA in extension of legal reach
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1558525296581{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The Irish government has listed coercion and assault causing harm among serious crimes covered by the Criminal Law Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act. The measure allows an Irish citizen or resident to be prosecuted in Ireland, even if the offences – which include sexual assault, rape and […]
Press regulators back Level Up’s guidelines on reporting DV deaths
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1556298417618{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The UK’s two press regulators, Ipso and Impress, have endorsed guidelines for reporting domestic violence deaths proposed by feminist campaign group Level Up. The guidance is based on the need for editors and journalists to take into account: Accountability – place responsibility solely on […]
Stalking should be treated like DA – university research
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1556298316645{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Non-violent stalking can cause lasting psychological damage to victims and the criminal justice system should regard it as seriously as domestic abuse, according to Katy Proctor, lecturer in criminology and policing at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her conclusion is based on a survey of 128 stalking […]
Hundreds use ‘Clare’s Law’ in Northern Ireland
[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1489792662097{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1489792637103{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1556298242667{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A total of 326 applications were made in the first year of Northern Ireland’s Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme. The ‘Clare’s Law’ provisions were introduced a year ago this month. Forty people judged to be at risk have been warned about their partner’s abusive […]
