Domestic Abuse

Tech Corner: The Intersection of Technology and Domestic Abuse: Legal Implications in the UK

Tech Corner: The Intersection of Technology and Domestic Abuse: Legal Implications in the UK

In today’s digital age, technology has undeniably transformed the way we interact, work, and live. While technological advancements offer numerous benefits, they have also opened new avenues for individuals to exert control, manipulate, and harass their partners and ex-partners in cases of domestic abuse. In this article, we will

Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations

Resolution’s Report on Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings: An Overview of the Key Findings and Recommendations

Introduction This blog piece has been timed to coincide with the publication, on 8 October 2024, of the report by Resolution on ‘Domestic Abuse in Financial Remedy Proceedings’. This groundbreaking report delves into the interplay between domestic abuse and the treatment of finances on separation and divorce/dissolution (hereinafter ‘divorce’

A v R [2024] EWFC 218 (B)

Judgment date: 05 August 2024 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2024/218 This judgment by DJ Dodsworth examines the legal principles relevant to raising conduct arguments in financial remedy proceedings. Background A (aged 52) and R (aged 56) met in 1993, they began cohabiting in 1996. They subsequently

N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?

N v J: the Last Word on Domestic Abuse as Conduct?

N v J [2024] EWFC 184 (15 July 2024) On Monday last week, in N v J, Mr Justice Peel handed down the most recent authority on pleading conduct pursuant to s 25(2)(g) Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.[[1]] Those interested in this area have been keen to see

KA v LE [2023] EWFC 266 (B)

Judgment date: 29 November 2023 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/b/2023/266 DDJ Mark Harrop. Final hearing in FR proceedings with consideration of relevance to findings in children proceedings that H had bullied, coerced and controlled W throughout the whole of their marriage. The first issue was whether

Re Z (Prohibition on Cross-examination: No QLR) [2024] EWFC 22

Judgment date: 09 February 2024 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWFC/HCJ/2024/22.html Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division. Judgment considering the approach that a judge or magistrate sitting in the Family Court should adopt when the court has directed that a Qualified Legal Representative

The Intersection Between LSPOs and Economic Abuse

The Intersection Between LSPOs and Economic Abuse

Recent years have seen increasing awareness of economic abuse, and how the financial remedy process can be manipulated as a tool of such abuse. However, one aspect of this has had little attention: the intersection between economic abuse and LSPOs. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021 includes economic abuse within the