Is It Time to Consign the ‘Gasp’ Factor to the History Books?

In the private law arena, the Family Court has taken huge strides forward in its understanding and approach to coercive control, following the landmark case of Re H-N and Others (Children) (Domestic Abuse: Finding of Fact Hearings) [2021] EWCA Civ 448. We know now that domestic abuse and coercive control is linked with poorer financial outcomes for victim-survivors and their children, and that the harm victim-survivors experience is caused by coercion and control – not only by the severity of the injury from a specific incident.

• Blog

• Domestic Abuse
• Coercive Control

• Olivia Piercy
• Anita Mehta

!18/10/2023 14:23