All those operating in the spouse and children court process will be no strangers to allegations of coercive and controlling conduct. The criminalisation of coercive handle by s76 of the Serious Criminal offense Act 2015 has elevated the severity of psychological abuse to parallel bodily abuse. This short article was composed by paralegal and former Unbiased Domestic Violence Advisor Lea Levine, and initially published in whole in the February 2023 edition of Loved ones Legislation Journal. In this very first section, the article considers how the law has adapted to replicate a deepened knowledge of coercive management. Component two (to be revealed quickly) will take into account the threshold for allegations…