On 22 January 2026 I hosted the launch of the seventh edition of Rook & Ward’s seminal ‘Sexual Offences Law and Practice’ in the atrium at the City Law School, that was packed (as you would expect) with judges, barristers, prosecutors and the wider sector coming together to pay tribute and celebrate a very special text. This book has covered the whole of criminal justice process from investigation to trial, sentence and post sentence for over thirty years. It continues to pro

Happy to be interviewed by one of our talented School of Journalism students on the links between coercive control and homicide. (Sep 2025)

Outside the National Assembly On Wednesday 12 April 2025, I was invited to give evidence to the public committee hearing of the House of Representatives in Paris on ‘Coercive Control at the Heart of Domestic Abuse,’ which was convened by Deputée Sandrine Josso. See Article

Pleased to be working with domestic abuse survivor and Lib Dem Justice spokesperson Josh Babarinde MP to strengthen the criminal law on domestic assault.

Honoured to have received a Police Commendation in recognition for my part in the team that carried out Operation Bluestone Soteria – which worked to transform the policing response to rape and serious sexual offending.  My guidelines on the investigation of rape in the context of coercive control and strategic advice on where to locate domestic rape in force are now operational across all forces in England and Wales.

Glad to have been a part of the team working to transform the police response to rape… my guidelines on the investigation of rape in the context of coercive control and strategic advice on where to locate domestic rape in force are now operational across all forces in England and Wales.

Pleased to be one of the academic experts interviewed for this important new documentary 'Walking on Eggshells', co-created by Rosie Jarvis and Annie La Vespa.

It was a privilege to be invited to take part in the NSW Joint Select Committee Review on whether or not to criminalise coercive control in NSW. The report I did with Evan Stark has been published by the Joint Select Committee can be viewed here . We said yes! Do it. And explained why. Now we watch and wait.

Great news! The UK Government has announced that post separation abuse will be a criminal offence (March 2020). See article here   Together with Surviving Economic Abuse I argued that, without this recognition, women were #StillNotSafe. Thank you to Nicola Sharp-Jeffs (@SEAResource) for the most fantastic campaign, to Marisa Bate (@marisajbate) for her excellent piece in the i and David Challen (@david_challen) for his Times edit .   Our amendment was well supported in the H