A modern and victim focussed Act [pdf, 393 KB]
...family violence not being properly recognised and may leave victims without adequate safety arrangements. There is evidence that the judiciary does not always take these behaviours into consideration, as was seen in the recent case where the Court of Appeal found the Family and High courts erred in recognising family violence.3 20 To address this, the Bill makes amendments to the definition of family violence in order to include more detail on the types of behaviours which form psycholog...