Posts Tagged ‘family violence’
For immediate release: Community Unites for Second Annual Walk to End Intimate Partner Violence in Durham Region
Durham, Ontario – September 4, 2025 – On Saturday, November 1, 2025, at 10 a.m., eight local violence against women organizations will host the Second Annual Community Walk to End Intimate Partner Violence. The walk starts at Durham Region Headquarters, 605 Rossland Road East, Whitby. This powerful event is brought to you by Bethesda House,…
Read moreLuke’s Place Contributes to New Publication on Family Violence and Family Law
We’re excited to announce the release of Understanding Family Violence in Family Court Proceedings: Providing Effective Responses for Victims, Children, and Perpetrators, a vital new resource published by the University of Toronto Press. This book addresses the growing recognition in Canadian legislation and case law that the family law legal system needs to do more…
Read moreOur recent submission to Legal Aid Ontario
In December, Luke’s Place participated in Legal Aid Ontario’s (LAO) open consultation process on their proposal is to increase the financial eligibility criteria for all duty counsel and criminal certificate services. While we strongly support an increase to the financial eligibility criteria, we implored LAO to extend this financial eligibility increase to their family law…
Read moreLuke’s Place will be intervening at the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia
The recognition of the new tort of family violence in Ahluwalia v. Ahluwalia was a groundbreaking advancement in the law. It provided survivors with a civil law remedy that speaks to their experiences and financially compensates them for the harm they endured. The issue of whether there should be a common law tort of family…
Read moreBe the change before the year ends – donate by midnight!
As the year comes to a close, there’s still time to help women and children across Ontario access the support they need to find safety, justice, and empowerment after leaving abuse. Your donation today, December 31, can help ensure that in 2025: Together, we can make a difference. Every donation counts! Thanks to YOU, countless…
Read moreCriminalization of coercive control: shifting the focus to system change before implementation
Last week, Luke’s Place submitted a Brief to the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Bill C-332, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (coercive control of intimate partner). This Brief reflects our decades of experience supporting survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and navigating the intersections of the family law and…
Read moreThere’s still time to make a big difference in the lives of women and children this year!
Thanks to YOU… Ontario women were able to access the support they needed for their family law issues and receive important information about ongoing changes to court operations over the last year. This means that more women had a better understanding of their legal rights, the family court process, and their legal issues. Women were more empowered to speak in…
Read moreCase summary: Parenting time decision
The applicant father brought a motion for an order granting him unsupervised parenting time with the two children, who were 4 and 8 years old. The respondent mother, who was unrepresented, opposed this motion. As she had from the time of separation, she offered supervised parenting time in a supervised access centre as the appropriate…
Read moreCase summary: Important relocation decision
The Ontario Court of Appeal (ONCA) recently released a decision (Shipton v. Shipton) overturning a trial court decision that had prohibited a mother from relocating from Ontario to Ireland with her young child. The decision offers some helpful insights into what is required for an appeal court to overturn a decision from a lower court…
Read moreAfter leaving: Managing post-separation abuse
What is post-separation abuse? Many people believe that when a woman leaves an abusive partner, the abuse will end. Sadly, this is rarely the case. As a couple separates, the abuser may not want to give up their power and control. In fact, the period leading up to and up to two years post-separation are…
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