Case summary | Title | Reference |
| Abduction - Defences - Grave risk or intolerable situation | RE W (ABDUCTION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) [Family Division] | [2004] 2 F.L.R. 499 |
| Access - Parents separate as a result of violence by father against mother - Mother refusing to allow father access to children | Williams v Williams | [1985] F.L.R. 509 |
| Child abduction - Child abuse - Violence against children by paternal family in Dominica | RE H (ABDUCTION: NON-CONVENTION APPLICATION) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 314 |
| Child abduction - Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980, Art 13(b) - Mother leaving family residence in South Africa to take child to UK | RE W (ABDUCTION: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) [Court of Appeal] | [2005] 1 F.L.R. 727 |
| Contact - Direct contact - Fear of violence | RE L (CONTACT: GENUINE FEAR) [Family Division] | [2002] 1 F.L.R. 621 |
| Contact - Domestic violence - Assault on child | Re A (Contact: Domestic Violence) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 171 |
| Contact - Domestic violence - Evidence | RE A (CONTACT: RISK OF VIOLENCE) [Family Division] | [2006] 1 F.L.R. 283 |
| Contact - Domestic violence - Guidelines | RE H (CONTACT: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) [Court of Appeal] | [2006] 1 F.L.R. 943 |
| Contact - Domestic violence - Impact of withdrawal of application before fact finding hearing | RE F (RESTRICTIONS ON APPLICATIONS) [Court of Appeal] | [2005] 2 F.L.R. 950 |
| Contact - Domestic violence - Practice and procedure | M v A (CONTACT: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE) [Family Division] | [2002] 2 F.L.R. 921 |
| Contact - Domestic violence - Welfare of child | Re L (Contact: Domestic Violence); Re V (Contact: Domestic Violence); Re M (Contact: Domestic Violence); Re H (Contact: Domestic Violence) [Court of Appeal] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 334 |
| Contact - Hostility - Domestic violence | Re H (Contact: Domestic Violence) | [1998] 2 F.L.R. 42 |
| Contact - Hostility - Mother victim of father's violence | Re K (Contact: Mother's Anxiety) | [1999] 2 F.L.R. 703 |
| Contact - Interim contact - Domestic violence | Re M (Interim Contact: Domestic Violence) [Court of Appeal] | [2000] 2 F.L.R. 377 |
| Contact - Risk of violence to mother - Risk of abduction of child | RE A (CONTACT: WITNESS PROTECTION SCHEME) [Family Division] | [2006] 2 F.L.R. 551 |
| Contempt of court - Assault in breach of injunction - Whether contempt proceedings should be adjourned pending criminal proceedings Domestic violence | Szczepanski v Szczepanski | [1985] F.L.R. 468 |
| Contempt of court - Court order forbidding husband to enter matrimonial home and use violence on wife - Wife alleging that husband broke into matrimonial home and raped her | N v N (Contempt: Committal) | [1992] 1 F.L.R. 370 |
| Contempt of court - Court order restraining husband from entering matrimonial home and from violence and threat of violence - Husband raping wife, threatening violence and harassing her | A-A v B-A [Court of Appeal] | [2001] 2 F.L.R. 1 |
| Criminal procedure - Harassment - Two incidents of violence occurring 6 months apart | R v Hills [Court of appeal] | [2001] 1 F.L.R. 580 |
| Divorce - Decree nisi obtained on ground of unreasonable behaviour involving violence - Wife agrees to a reconciliation | Court v Court | (1982) 3 F.L.R. 334 |
| Domestic violence - Application by wife for a non-molestation injunction - Wife intending to continue to cohabit with husband | F v F (Protection from Violence: Continuing Cohabitation) | [1989] 2 F.L.R. 451 |
| Domestic violence - Application for exclusion order - Parties not married | Thurley v Smith | [1984] F.L.R. 875 |
| Domestic violence - Application for exclusion order - Parties not married | Wooton v Wooton | [1984] F.L.R. 871 |
| Domestic violence - Exclusion order - Husband uses limited physical violence | Myers v Myers | (1982) 3 F.L.R. 173 |
| Domestic violence - Exclusion order - Judge's assessment of strain on wife and children living in same house as husband. Domestic violence | Relph v Relph | (1980) 1 F.L.R. 5 |
| Domestic violence - Husband in breach of non-molestation order under Family Law Act 1996 and restraining orders under Protection from Harassment Act 1997 - Husband sentenced in county court to imprisonment | LOMAS v PARLE [Court of Appeal] | [2004] 1 F.L.R. 812 |
| Domestic violence - Husband using violence against wife - Wife obtaining protection and exclusion orders in magistrates' court | O'Brien v O'Brien | [1985] F.L.R. 801 |
| Domestic violence - Injunction - Application for ouster injunction | Tuck v Nicholls | [1989] 1 F.L.R. 283 |
| Domestic violence - Injunction - Breach | Banton v Banton | [1990] 2 F.L.R. 465 |
| Domestic violence - Magistrates' court - Breach of protection and exclusion orders | Head v Head | (1983) 4 F.L.R. 175 |
| Domestic violence - Magistrates' court - Exclusion order | McCartney v McCartney | (1980) 1 F.L.R. 403 |
| Domestic violence - Magistrates' courts - Protection and exclusion orders | Widdowson v Widdowson | (1983) 4 F.L.R. 121 |
| Domestic violence - Meaning of "are living together" in s. 1(2) and s. 2(2) of the Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976. Injunction under Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 - Exercise of power to attach power of arrest. | McLean v Nugent | (1980) 1 F.L.R. 26 |
| Domestic violence - Non-molestation injunction - Power of arrest | Carpenter v Carpenter | [1988] 1 F.L.R. 121 |
| Domestic violence - Non-molestation injunction - Power of arrest | Kendrick v Kendrick | [1990] 2 F.L.R. 107 |
| Domestic violence - Ouster order - Judge delaying implementation of order for some 11 weeks | Dunsire v Dunsire | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 314 |
| Domestic violence - Ouster order - Parties' relationship stormy but very little violence | G v J (Ouster Order) | [1993] 1 F.L.R. 1008 |
| Domestic violence - Ouster order - Wife's allegations of husband's physical violence | Whitlock v Whitlock | [1989] 1 F.L.R. 208 |
| Domestic violence - Refusal of exclusion order - Judge declining to hear relevant evidence and accepting husband's undertaking | Dirir v Dirir | (1980) 1 F.L.R. 8 |
| Domestic violence - Refusal of exclusion order - violence not serious | Lacey v Lacey | (1980) 1 F.L.R. 1 |
| Domestic violence - Single incident of violence - Wife's application for ouster order | Blackstock v Blackstock | [1991] 2 F.L.R. 308 |
| Domestic violence - Unmarried couple cohabiting as husband and wife - Woman leaves after violence | O'Neill v Williams | [1984] F.L.R. 1 |
| Domestic violence - Wife leaving home with young child - Wife and child living in cramped accommodation | Shipp v Shipp | [1988] 1 F.L.R. 345 |
| Domestic violence - Wife obtains protection order in magistrates' court - Husband subsequently harasses wife but does not use or threaten violence | Horner v Horner | (1983) 4 F.L.R. 50 |
| Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976, s. 2 - Procedure when arrest has been made under a power of arrest | President's Direction Contempt of Court - Committal | [1991] 1 F.L.R. 304 |
| Domestic violence and sexual harassment - Housing - Applicant leaving home following violence by partner | R v Newham London Borough Council Ex Parte C | [1994] 2 F.L.R. 403 |
| Homeless person - Duty of housing authority to provide accommodation pending inquiries - Applicant leaving council accommodation in Scotland because of former husband's violence and harassment | R v Kensington and Chelsea Royal London Borough Council ex parte Hammell | [1989] 2 F.L.R. 223 |
| Homeless persons - History of violence by husband against wife - Spouses evicted from council accommodation for arrears of rent | R v Ealing London Borough ex parte Sidhu | (1982) 3 F.L.R. 438 |
| Husband and wife - Alleged violence by husband's family towards wife - Husband and husband's father jointly purchase house | Chaudhry v Chaudhry | [1987] 1 F.L.R. 347 |
| Indirect contact - Domestic violence - Harassment | RE J-S (CONTACT: PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY) [Court of Appeal] | [2003] 1 F.L.R. 399 |
| Injunction - Cohabitants - Violence while living together | McCann v Wright | [1995] 2 F.L.R. 579 |
| Injunction - Domestic violence - Injunction issued with power of arrest | Wheeldon v Wheeldon | [1998] 1 F.L.R. 463 |
| Injunction - Domestic Violence and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1976 - Unmarried couple | McLean v Burke | (1982) 3 F.L.R. 70 |
| Injunction - Interlocutory injunction restraining defendant from using violence, harassing, pestering or communicating with plaintiff - Whether harassment capable of being a tort | Khorasandjian v Bush | [1993] 2 F.L.R. 66 |
| Matrimonial home - Application under s. 9 of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 to restrict exercise of right to occupy - Violence by husband | Anderson v Anderson | [1984] F.L.R. 566 |
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