Domestic abuse and coercive behaviour, which can affect anyone, regardless of gender, is incredibly challenging and isolating. Having specialised lawyers by your side offering support and guidance throughout the legal process can make all the difference as you take important steps towards a safer, more secure future.
What does an abuse and coercive behaviour solicitor do?
We understand that abuse in a relationship can sometimes be difficult to recognise and challenging to address. Our family solicitors have extensive experience in this area and can offer support for abuse and coercive behaviour when dealing with family matters including:
- Sexual assault and allegations – allegations of a sexual nature can have a huge impact on families. Our family team works closely with our criminal team, offering support and guidance.
- Physical abuse and violence – our family solicitors can help clients take urgent protective steps, including securing injunctions and ensuring safe arrangements for children, to protect them from the threat of, or use of violence. We work in a trauma informed way with our clients and support them through the process to avoid re-traumatisation.
- Gaslighting – a form of psychological manipulation and intimidation where a person makes the victim question their own memory and perception.
- Domestic abuse – when one person in a relationship uses repetitive behaviour to harm and maintain control and power over their partner. It can include physical abuse, emotional and / or financial abuse.
- Economic abuse – is a legally recognised form of domestic abuse involving the control of the victim’s money or their access to money. It normally happens alongside other forms of domestic abuse, including coercive control.
- Dealing with a narcissist who is someone with an excessive sense of self-admiration and self-entitlement. They can often have challenging personalities that can cause higher conflict to arise during legal processes.
- Emotional abuse or psychological abuse – this happens when a partner tries to maintain power and control over the other. It can be harder to spot due to there often being little evidence.
- Parental alienation – allegations of parental alienation are sometimes made against parents who are protecting their children from abuse. We regularly defend clients facing such claims and work to ensure that genuine safeguarding concerns are not misrepresented.
Why choose B P Collins as your family law solicitors?
With 60 years of experience and extensive knowledge in advising victims of abuse and coercive behaviour, we’re consistently ranked in legal directories such as Chambers HNW, Chambers UK and The Legal 500, for the strength of our family practice.
The family solicitors at B P Collins are also members of Resolution, a community of family justice professionals committed to resolving issues in a constructive way.
Contact our abuse and coercive behaviour solicitors today
From our offices based in London, Ickenham, Thame and Gerrards Cross, our abuse and coercive behaviour lawyers can work directly with you wherever needed. Contact us now in confidence on 01753 889995 or enquiries@bpcollins.co.uk.
