Women’s Aid respond to new protective measures for survivors of domestic abuse
The Ministry of Justice have announced the pilot launch of Domestic Abuse Protective Orders (DAPOs), which were first announced as part of the Domestic Abuse Act in 2021. This comes with a series of other requirements, including family courts being able to impose tagging on perpetrators in the most serious of cases. While Women’s Aid […]
Government ‘must do more’ to reform mental health law
While the Mental Health Bill marks a positive step towards mental health reform, the government must support new legislation with more funding, more clarity and more safeguards, said the Law Society of England and Wales. Commenting on the Mental Health Bill, which had its second reading in parliament this week, Richard Atkinson, president of the […]
