The government has unveiled an additional £40m to help victims of domestic abuse and rape during the Covid crisis. Domestic violence has risen during the pandemic as lockdown measures have trapped victims at home with abusive partners and exacerbated pre-existing patterns of abuse. Some £16m of the funding will go towards hiring more independent sexual violence and domestic abuse advisers – who provide emotional support and criminal justice.
groundbreaking case that is expected to result in fresh guidance being issued to family judges.
Over the course of three days last week, Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the family division, Lady Justice King and Lord Justice Holroyde heard four linked appeals related to family proceedings involving the welfare of children.
On the third and final day, the appeal court heard submissions from counsel for multiple interveners in the case.
Barbara Mills QC represented Rights of Women, Women’s Aid, Welsh Women’s Aid and Rape Crisis England and Wales.
Mills told the court that Women’s Aid Federation of England supported an estimated 11,489 women and 13,787 children with refugee services in 2018/19; while 156,169 women and 187,403 children were assisted with community-based services. Mills said both sets of figures were ‘scratching the surface’ and almost half were also receiving assistance and support with child contact issues in the family justice system.
Two girls allegedly subjected to horrifying sex attack on Dartmoor
Two men from Plymouth were later arrested, interviewed and released, police confirmed
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