Publication orders: do they work?
Research by the Law Commission of Ontario shows how poorly Ontario’s protection order system is working. Continue reading Publication orders: do they work?
Category Archives: Safety
Protection orders: what are they?
Protection orders include a range of criminal and court orders intended to protect a survivor of IPV from further abuse by their partner. Continue reading Protection orders: what are they?
Privacy vs safety
Balancing privacy rights with the safety of women who have been subjected to gender-based violence has always been a challenge. How much information about an abuser should a survivor and those who are supporting her be able to have? How Continue reading Privacy vs safety
“A brutal and cowardly attack”
Earlier this week, Jack Sepple was sentenced to 23½ years in prison for the February 1st murder of his girlfriend, Ashley Wadsworth. Ashley, a young (19 years old at the time of her death) Canadian woman, had travelled to England Continue reading “A brutal and cowardly attack”