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Supporting Male Victims Does Not Require Us to Disbelieve Women

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Men can experience domestic abuse, while women are disproportionately affected. How can family courts recognise every victim, assess evidence fairly and protect children?
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GPS Tagging for Domestic Abuse: Can Proximity Alerts Protect Survivors in the UK?

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What Did the Child See? Domestic Abuse, Fear and the Misuse of Parental Alienation in Family Court

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When a child sees, hears or experiences domestic abuse, the Family Court must examine the harm and evidence before attributing the child's fear to alienating behaviour.
Organised family court case papers, a navy folder and a gold pen on a wooden desk, illustrating Form C1A safeguarding and domestic abuse evidence preparation.

Form C1A Explained (2026): Domestic Abuse Allegations and Family Court

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How to complete the 2026 Form C1A, describe domestic abuse and coercive control, respond to allegations, protect confidential details and prepare evidence for family court.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When the Towels Are “Wrong”: What Biderman’s Chart of Coercion Can Teach the Family Court

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Towels folded the “wrong” way can sound utterly trivial. But inside a wider system of coercion, small rules may tell us something about obedience, autonomy and the consequences of resistance. JSH Law examines Biderman’s Chart of Coercion, what it can help us understand about patterns of domestic abuse, and why it must never be mistaken for proof.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

When “Fairness” Becomes a Weapon: What Dr Emma Katz’s New Work Teaches Us About Coercive Control

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Coercive control can hide behind apparently reasonable ideas about fairness, responsibility and boundaries. Drawing on new work by Dr Emma Katz, JSH Law examines how unequal rules, false symmetry and victim resistance can be misunderstood in Family Court proceedings.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Can AI Prove Coercive Control? No — But It Can Help the Court See the Pattern

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Coercive control often exists in patterns spread across thousands of messages. AI may help identify repetition, change and candidate evidence — but it cannot make a judicial finding. JSH Law examines Jenny Rudd's Dispute Buddy, a recent NYU London discussion with Charles Hale KC, PD12J and the line between pattern detection and proof.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

Domestic Abuse Will No Longer Disappear Behind the Offence: What the New Court Flag Really Changes

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From 5 October 2026, sentencing courts must formally state and record when an offence involved domestic abuse. The reform could improve perpetrator identification, risk management and national data — but it is not a public register and does not capture every perpetrator. JSH Law examines what the new Judicial Finding of Domestic Abuse really changes and why the Family Court should pay attention.
JSH Law Resources and Guidance for Litigants in Person – practical family court information explained in plain English.© 2026 JSH Law Ltd. All rights reserved.

How to Keep Your Address Confidential in Family Court: C8, Evidence and the Mistake That Can Reveal Your Location

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Form C8 can protect your address and contact details in Family Court proceedings, but it does not automatically remove them from your evidence. This practical 2026 guide explains the new rules, accidental disclosure risks, safe document checking and what to do if confidential information has already been filed.
Jessica Susan Hill beside the title “When Domestic Abuse Becomes Normal”, illustrating a JSH Law article about children’s wishes, domestic abuse, child arrangements and safeguarding.© 2026 Jessica Susan Hill / JSH Law. All rights reserved.

When Domestic Abuse Becomes Normal: Why a Child’s Wish for Contact Cannot Be Read in Isolation

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A child can love an abusive parent, miss them and want contact with them. That does not, by itself, establish that contact is emotionally safe. Re C [2026] EWCA Civ 1216 exposes the difficult safeguarding question of how courts should understand children’s wishes when domestic abuse has shaped their understanding of family life.