14 Apr 2020
Child Care
Family & Matrimonial
Domestic Abuse: a 25% increase in new enquiries since lockdown
While many of us are struggling with the disruption of having to stay at home, for the hundreds of thousands of people suffering from domestic abuse across the UK, the current lockdown is much more than an inconvenience.
For many, being isolated from friends and family without being able to leave their abuser means they are being held captive in their own homes, feeling like they have nowhere to turn.
Siobhan Downes, a Partner and Head of the Childcare Department at Harding Evans Solicitors, discusses the worrying rise in Domestic Abuse cases and explains the vital help that is available to victims during these frightening times.