Legal Case Study: Domestic Violence

Out of the shadows and into the limelight, the once hidden crime of domestic violence has recently emerged within the Australian community as a widespread criminal issue. This abuse of power occurs in a relationship when one partner attempts to physically or psychologically dominate and control the other. Inflicting physical harm upon another human being is undoubtedly a breach of the criminal law, yet the Australian legal system takes little measures to protect the wider community from this type of violence. According to Family Lawyer Richard Ingleby, domestic violence has often been condoned by the legal system due to the fact that assaults occur in the ‘private’ realm of the home where legal measures are regarded as inappropriate, and interventionist. However, by overlooking domestic violence as a criminal offence, does the Australian legal system fail to adequately protect the family unit from this form of violence? Recent studies from the Australian Bureau of Statics have revealed that 23% of women who have ever been married or engaged in a de facto relationship have experienced violence by a partner at some time during the relationship. Due to the secrecy that once surrounded this kind of abuse, victims often feel unable to speak out and seek help, therefore even large surveys cannot provide accurate estimates of the extend of domestic violence within the Australia community (Domestic Violence and Incest Resource Centre, 1998). Despite the high incidence rate of

The team of individuals who will lead this work include Baonam Giang, NMAFC’s Victim Services Coordinator; AnhDao Bui, Social Services Director; Kay Bounkeua, Interim Director, and Sarah Lau, Fiscal Manager. Mr. Giang was the sole creator of NMAFC’s men group and helps to coordinate all victims’ services at the agency, in addition to running a tae kwon do class for Asian youth. Mr. Giang has two years of formal training and experience on addressing gender violence. Before Mr. Giang, there has never been a Pan-Asian men’s group in Bernalillo County working to address gender violence within local Asian communities. As domestic violence, sexual assault, and other forms of violence are still extremely taboo topics for Asian communities, the formation alone of this group with regular attendees

Defendant SARAH MINER (hereinafter “Ms. Miner,”) owner, and operator of the Portola complex, recently denied Plaintiff DARLAWILLIAMS’ (hereinafter “Plaintiff,”) a former tenant, application to continue leasing at the complex. As such, Plaintiff brought several suits (Exhibit 1) against Ms. Miner, alleging discrimination as the basis for her denial. The Plaintiff's case against Ms. Miner, however, is without merits. Plaintiff received several noise complaints (Exhibit 2) throughout her tenancy, disrupting the peaceful residential community. Moreover, Plaintiff failed to keep her unit in good condition, resulting in considerable damage to the unit and property.

(2) Other defendant: Other defendants might be Leanne and also the contractor that is responsible for the renovation.

The tenant also claimed that the landlord failed to inspect the property or respond to any of the tenants requests for repairs. The landlord claimed that the oral agreement was a $200 discount off the rent in order to compensate the tenant for making the necessary repairs and maintain the property. Both tenant and landlord agreed that at no time was the landlord aware that the step was loose and that the tenant never contacted the landlord about the steps prior to falling.

Defendant SARAH MINER, owner, and operator of the Portola apartment complex, recently denied Plaintiff DARLAWILLIAMS, a former tenant, application to continue leasing her unit in the complex. Plaintiff subsequently brought suit against Defendant, alleging discrimination as the basis for her denial. The Plaintiff 's case against Defendant, however, is without merit. Defendant denied Plaintiff 's application because she received several noise complaints (Exhibit 1) throughout her tenancy, disrupting the peaceful residential community. Furthermore, Defendant denied Plaintiff 's application due to her failure to keep her unit in good condition; resulting in substantial damage to the unit and approximately $3,500 in repair

14. The Defendant Gaden Griffin showed abusive, neglectful Behavior prior to the plaintiff injuries. The Plaintiff asked the Defendant Gaden Griffin prior to the injury of said Appliance “not to let go, I can’t handle this by myself”. At the beginning when the plaintiff and the Defendant were lifting and moving the said appliance, then the Defendant Gaden Griffin said back in a sarcastic tone “don’t worry I’m not going to let go” approx. 40 seconds later the Defendant Gaden Griffin let go without warning. The plaintiff took the blow of the weight of said Appliance injuring the Plaintiff.

The plaintiff, James Davis Rowland, Jr., was a guest in the apartment of the defendant, Nancy Christian. The plaintiff requested to use the bathroom, where he injured his hand on a broken water faucet handle. Although the defendant had complained to the landlord about the broken handle, she did not warn the plaintiff.

In the Final Paper (Case Study) it speaks to the following case and circumstances. Knarles and Barkley are father and son respectively. Barkley is seventeen years old. They operate a facilities maintenance company that regularly does business in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. The company is based in Maryland. They have a number of contracts with building owners where they have agreed to provide building maintenance to both residential and commercial buildings within the three jurisdictions already mentioned. They receive a monthly payment of $2,000 to $4,000 depending upon the size of the building. They bill the owners for any equipment of a substantial nature that has to be replaced.

As such, the Court of Appeals in Rhaney rejected the proposition that defendant owed a plaintiff a duty to protect the plaintiff from the criminal acts of a third party notwithstanding the fact the defendant assigned the plaintiff and the assailant as roommates with knowledge of the assailant’s propensity for violence. Id. at 603.

From the beginning of this litigation, Appellant has argued that his Property was damaged by Respondent’s negligence and that he is entitled to compensation for this damage to his Property.

When the Plaintiff resisted, Bailey physically and verbally abused her. Bailey threw her against the wall, slapped her, kicked her, punched holes in the living room walls, tore a hallway door off, and broke a bedroom window. Hearing the Plaintiff’s screaming, one of the neighbors called the police and another neighbor called Dan Houston, who never responded to the incident. The altercation stopped when the police arrived after fifteen minutes. But, Bailey’s vicious attack caused severe physical injuries to the Plaintiff including three broken ribs, and numerous cuts and bruises. She also suffered economic damages because the Defendant required her to fix the damages Bailey caused to the basic facilities (door, window, and walls) spending $2,500.

Peter booked a room for a week at Macgregor Hotel. At the reception desk, where he made the booking, was a notice limiting the hotel’s liability for loss of, damage to guest’s property.

The risk factors in this family are the physical harm that dad is hurting mom. The mom is frightened to be at home, there are there some psychological and interpersonal disruptions in this family. This may be leading with the son and daughter to behave in the same manner. Problems in the marital subsystem might be causing some emotional insecurity in the children. When parents become aggression, the children may have sleep problems as well as emotional insecurity in the children (Kelly & El-Sheikh, 2013). It would be important to find out how many times that the family has been impacted by violence, and when the violence began. Since the wife would like to leave, she would need to make some important decisions in where she and her kids would like to stay. Since the wife does not work, the process of her

Maryland, domestic violence is defined as acts such as assault, sexual offenses, actions that cause harm to one’s body, and stalking that occur between family or household members. Family and household members are people related by blood, marriage, and adoption, people who have children together, stepparents, parents, and people and parents that live together.