The Justice Secretary, David Gauke has spoken this week on the Governmental plan to introduce no-fault divorce legislation, “as soon as parliamentary time becomes available.”

The reality is that there is a stark difference in the way the law treats people who separate when they are cohabiting rather than when they are married or in a Civil Partnership.

The charity, Women’s Aid, have now published their 2019 domestic abuse report.

On Wednesday 6th March 2019, the Home Office announced a series of measures following the release of the new Violence against Women and Girls Strategy.

In January 2019 following a 15 day trial at Harrow Crown Court, Reece Penkert, 20, was found guilty of one count of coercive control between 1st January 2017 and 17th August 2018 and two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm against his girlfriend of two years.

In August 2010, Georgina ‘Sally’ Challen struck her husband, Richard Challen, on the head more than 20 times after enduring over 30 years of humiliation and psychological abuse.

Abused by my girlfriend is a powerful and emotional documentary which aired on BBC detailing the years of abuse Alex Skeel, a young man, suffered at the hands of his girlfriend, Jordan Worth.

Couples facing divorce will no longer have to point the finger to allocate blame in order to end their marriage.