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Article: Domestic violence behind nearly half of Family Law court cases.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- October 16, 2007
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Byline: SHANE PHELAN
DOMESTIC violence accounts for almost half of all cases dealt with bythe Family Law courts, it emerged yesterday.
Almost 10,000 domestic violence cases were heard in total.
Another quarter of the 20,000 family law cases last year involved custodybattles over children.
The figures were detailed in a report called Family Law Matters, released bythe Courts Service.
And the large volume of family law cases coming before the courts isthreatening to overwhelm the system, claimed senior legal figures.
One judge quoted anonymously in the report said the high caseload meant that asmany as 70 different ...