by Bruce Coode | Feb 8, 2019 | Apprehended Violence Orders, Criminal Law, Domestic Violence, Personal Safety
1 Making threats In a case Devereax v The Queen, the Victorian Court of Criminal Appeal upheld sentences of up to four years imprisonment for threatening someone over the phone - there were repeated calls over 24 hours and the threats included physical violence. This...
by Janis Donnelly-Coode | Jan 21, 2019 | Apprehended Violence Orders, Domestic Violence, Family law, Personal Safety
The short answer is yes, there are easy statistics to point to like the men who have died at the hands of their homosexual partner. This would indicate that DV and family violence is not a question of gender. But this is a more complex issue that doesn't lend itself...
by Janis Donnelly-Coode | Aug 22, 2018 | Apprehended Violence Orders, Domestic Violence, How to help
I was having a conversation with a group of women recently that I have had before. We were discussing injuries we had sustained that looked like domestic violence injuries, and the rude comments that people make about those injuries. This got me thinking about the...
by Janis Donnelly-Coode | Jan 13, 2017 | Apprehended Violence Orders, Domestic Violence, Projects
There are many questions that come up when we discuss domestic violence with people who haven't experienced it, like why doesn't she just leave him? One of those questions is, why doesn't she just get an AVO? While she certainly should get an AVO, there are reasons...
by Janis Donnelly-Coode | Jan 13, 2017 | Apprehended Violence Orders, Domestic Violence, Projects
There are many unhelpful things that advocates for domestic violence awareness say. At Coode & Corry we do want increased public awareness so that there is increased focus, government funding, police resources and legislation in this area. However, it is...
by Bruce Coode | Jan 13, 2017 | Apprehended Violence Orders, Criminal Law
Most people are aware that the courts can issue Apprehended Violence Orders to try and give people some protection when they are threatened or feel intimidated. The type of Orders that can be made were updated in December 2016 and the forms now provide a plain...
