New domestic violence measures announced last year came into force at the start of 2019 under the Domestic Violence Act 2018, with the aim of improving the protections available to victims of domestic violence under both civil and criminal law.

How is this different to the previous legislation? And, are the resources in place sufficient enough to police the new laws?

Kathy talks to Gillian Dennehy, Services Manager at Women’s Aid and Ursula Regan, a Family Law Practitioner, about what the new provisions mean for domestic violence victims and how they should be enforced.

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