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Scottish Law Commission Calls for Reforms to Address Tech and Financial Abuse

cmathison2024-10-29T16:05:58+00:00October 28th, 2024|Case Study Protection From Domestic Abuse, Civil Partnerships, Company News, Family Law News, Finance|

The Scottish Law Commission has highlighted the urgent need for reform in addressing domestic abuse, emphasising the significance of recognising both tech and financial abuse. As the landscape of abuse evolves, these forms of coercion require specific legal attention to protect victims effectively.

What is Tech Abuse?

Tech abuse involves the use of technology to control, harass, or stalk an individual. This can manifest in various forms, including:

– Monitoring Devices: Abusers may install tracking software on a partner’s phone or computer or log into their partners emails in order […]

Blog: Benefits of a life coach

Lorna2020-08-03T11:40:19+00:00August 3rd, 2020|Company News|

Issues around family law are often incredibly emotionally charged due to the potentially serious impact.

We understand that for most people making that decision to approach a family lawyer can be stressful, emotional, overwhelming – and often life changing. Once you’ve taken that brave step our aim at Johnson Legal Family Law is to equip you with the right balance of hard facts and compassion so that you will gradually feel stronger and more empowered, enabling to take back control of your life and move on.

Where negotiations are unusually difficult, especially where a client feels vulnerable or betrayed, we never […]

Johnson Legal’s Hayley Mitchell appointed as a director to the board of Fathers Network Scotland

Admin2019-02-07T13:14:52+00:00February 7th, 2019|Company News|

Johnson Legal are pleased to announce that Hayley Mitchell has been appointed as a director to the board of Scottish charity Fathers Network Scotland.

Fathers Network Scotland seek to drive positive cultural change by inspiring organisations, communities and individuals to engage, support and empower men to be the fathers they want to be. Their current work includes the “How Are You, Dad?” campaign: an initiative supported by the Scottish Government where midwives and health visitors in Fife, North Lanarkshire, Lothian and Greater Glasgow will be trained to recognise postnatal paternal depression and help fathers to access support and also the Fathers […]