Domestic Abuse: Practice and Precedents

This up to date and authoritative law and practice guide outlines the various options, civil and criminal, available through the courts.

Practical and with over 60 useful precedents appended, the book provides:-

• a brief explanation of domestic abuse and its impact
• the steps that victims of domestic violence can take to pursue civil action in County Courts, Family Proceedings ( Magistrates’) Courts, or the High Court, including taking instructions, legal aid, witnesses, court procedures along with forced marriage, housing issues, enforcement, residence and contact
• an explanation of the sanctions available through the criminal courts, including the new Specialist Domestic Violence Courts.

Each chapter includes useful precedents which are appended on the accompanying CD-ROM.