A frightened or exhausted parent is not automatically an unreliable one. This article examines why family courts, Cafcass and professionals must assess safeguarding concerns, children’s wishes and parental behaviour in their full context.

Canada is developing a striking three-layer legal response to coercive control across family, civil and criminal law. JSH Law examines what has actually changed, why social-media descriptions of a new “tier” of family violence need clarification, and what England and Wales can learn about patterns of abuse, children, post-separation control and family-court evidence.

A newspaper front page shared by domestic abuse campaigner Zoe Dronfield has reignited concerns about the release of domestic abuse perpetrators. JSH Law examines the reported figure, licence conditions, probation failures, family court implications and the practical steps victims can take to protect themselves and their children.