I’ve created a website on coercive control and the law.
Its purpose is to increase understanding of this topic, by providing useful content for:
members of the public who are most affected - victims/survivors themselves, and family members and friends
social care and healthcare professionals
people working in criminal justice and safeguarding
legal professionals
I want to demystify aspects of the law that can help people who are victims/survivors of coercive or controlling behaviour. I will do that by explaining how the law works, by using case examples via the blog, and I’ll post updates to the socials.
The website currently is slanted to the Court of Protection and the inherent jurisdiction as that’s the area I know best (and I have spent a considerable time researching for my book), but you will find sections on the criminal law and family law too. Given the shocking numbers of homicides and suicides as a result of domestic abuse, I’ve included a section on inquests.
Please let me know what works and what doesn’t, what topics/cases you’d like me to cover.