Coercive or controlling behaviour has been placed “on a par” with other domestic abuse offences as part of a new law aiming ...

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Coercive control laws are on the right track, officials say, despite just nine charges being laid since the legislation took effect a year ago.

Police are no longer just looking for “broken bones and smashed windows” when investigating domestic violence, they’re ...

Since the Equitable Distribution Law, New York Domestic Relations Law (DRL) §236B became effective on July 19, 1980, the divorce and family law bar has seen the development and expansion of the ...

A dismissed Metropolitan Police officer who believed he was "above the law" has been imprisoned for 16 years after being ...