Tag Archive for: domestic abuse

Five years after the Harm Panel exposed serious problems in the treatment of domestic abuse in private law children proceedings, the IDAS Family Court Report 2026 suggests many survivors are still encountering the same failure points. JSH Law examines what has changed, what has not, and why implementation may now be the central family justice challenge.

AI can generate convincing text, audio, photographs and video — and the Ministry of Justice has now identified synthetic and manipulated evidence as an emerging risk to the justice system. For family-court litigants, the practical response is not panic. It is better evidence discipline: preserve originals, retain context, record provenance and understand what each item actually proves.

Abuse does not become irrelevant simply because it happened during pregnancy or before a child was born. Reproductive coercion can include contraception interference, forced pregnancy, pressure concerning abortion or reproductive treatment and other conduct designed to undermine reproductive autonomy. This guide explains how such allegations may become relevant in Family Court proceedings, what evidence matters and how to present the history without confusing allegation, evidence and finding.