New research shows domestic abuse issues ‘fall by the wayside’ in making decisions about children – Transparency Project

Posted October 17th, 2025 in news by sally

‘The Domestic Abuse Commissioner for England and Wales (DAC) this week published a report, Everyday Business: Addressing domestic abuse and continuing harm through a family court review and reporting mechanism by Mandy Burton and Rosemary Hunter, Loughborough University, on the DAC’s ‘monitoring mechanism’ of the way family courts deal with allegations of domestic abuse in cases about arrangements for children. The report’s title reflects the fact that domestic abuse is routinely a factor in child arrangements cases, in a system that was not designed and is not resourced to deal with this.’

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Transparency Project, 16th October 2025

Source: transparencyproject.org.uk