2011
SWA commissioned research into the use of using the Matrimonial Homes Family Protection (Scotland) Act 1981. The focus of the research was to identify why women are not using exclusion orders as a remedy. The factors influencing these decision; along with the attitude and awareness of legal practitioners and the courts to the use of exclusion orders as a protection against domestic abuse, are highlighted and discussed in the report. The report presents seven recommendations that we hope will make exclusion orders more accessible and understandable and encourage their use as an effective means of protecting women, children and young people experience domestic abuse to remain in their own home.
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