Domestic Abuse Act 2021
Many people think that domestic abuse is only about intimate partners, but it is important to remember that other family members can also be victims, and that much safeguarding work that occurs at home with both children and adults is concerned with domestic abuse.
On 29 April 2021, the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 became law. This has provided us with a statutory definition of domestic abuse, emphasising that it is not just physical violence, but can also be emotional, controlling or coercive, and economic abuse.
Read more on the Domestic Abuse Act, 2021 and its full reach here.