Claires Law

[Beautifulday]

hi everyone

I plucked up the courage this morning to call my local police to ask about claires law, basically because of a few things my H had said about his ex at the beginning of our relationship that looking back were Major red flags and something is telling me to check.
A policeman answered lets just say he wasn’t the most friendly, and when i was asking about it he seemed uninterested. When i asked how long it would take he told me 45mins to an hour! He said he would need to ask in depth personal questions. Is this true? I thought the application was fairly straightforward ? And if for example a friend or relative were applying they wouldn’t be able to answer in depth questions. Do you think he was just saying this to put me off as its too much effort on his part? Thats the vibe I got from him. 🙁 in the end it did put me off and I never applied. Has anyone else applied? How long did it take roughly? Do they indeed ask in depth personal questions? It just got me all nervous 🙁

[Eggshells]

Hi Beautifulday. I’m sure you’ll soon get responses from those who have done this. In the meantime you could try googling Claire’s Law Threshold. There is a very good piece by das.org.uk.

[Happydaysagain]

Iv posted about Clares law before because it’s honestly the best thing I ever done. I feel like the disclosure saved both me and my children.

When I made my application I called 101 but it can be done online.

I wasn’t on the phone long and they didn’t ask much at all. The reasons I was making the application and his details. He will never know you’ve done it though.

From making the application they have 35 days to give you the information if they have anything to disclose. Mine was back a week later and it was a specialist safeguarding police officer who made the disclosure and provided support afterwards.

Hope this helps but if there’s anything you need to know just give me a shout.

X*x

[Happydaysagain]

Forgot to mention it was for the same reasons I made the application – he talked about having domestics with his ex partner but said she was crazy when in reality he was the perpetrator and what he’d done in his past was absolutely horrific.

[solivagant]

Hello,
I took one out not too long ago and it is a pretty simple thing they just ask a few basic questions, like your personal info (name, address, contact number, DOB, ect) and same for him so they get the right guy.

Mine took about 3 weeks to process and get back to me. Seems odd when they can access info immediately but they have there process.

Overall its pretty easy to apply and I would highly recommend that you do. Even of its for your own piece of mind. One advice I would give is of there is something to disclose make sure they are 100% about to give you info for the right person (they gave me information about someone completely different!!) And that you get midweek staff not weekend staff.

Hope this helps x*x

[Headspinning]

I applied online and it only took about 5 minutes. I got a follow up call from a police officer within a day to ensure I understood the process. It took around 2 weeks to hear back after that (reason – is nice they have the information they have a case review with social services and agree whether it is in the best interests to make a disclosure – ie do they believe based on convictions you are at risk.)
If they do you are notified.
I went to the station within 24 hours at a time that suited me, met 2 specially trained officers and they were great.
Best thing I did – there was more to his background than I realised. Completely confidential too.
You have nothing to lose by asking – you will either be reassured there is nothing to know or you will be educated and better placed to decide a way forward.

[Beautifulday]

Hi everyone thank you all so much for your help.
I really want to do it its just the way the officer spoke when I called I found very off putting almost like he was putting me off doing it! Not trying to encourage:( he told me it takes around an hour to answer all questions I didnt think it would take this long. Also he said if there is anything to disclose they’ll send it to me home!!!! I was like No! You can’t ad my H will most definitely open it! So now I’m on pins thinking if I apply and there’s info to disclose there will be an envelope with police force written on it sat on the mat and he gets home before me, so even if he doesn’t open it I know he’ll be questioning what it is..i didn’t think this was being sensitive to victims of Da at all? Actually one of the most dangerous things they could do as thr partner could open it and go absolutely nuts. This is what I now fear. I just felt he was completely offputting. No compassion, kept sighing 🙁

[KIP.]

Try to always talk to a member of the police domestic abuse unit. Your local women’s aid should have direct contact with them and can support you. Don’t be put off. You really need to know the truth of what you’re dealing with. Some officers are great and others are dreadful in my experience so please try again x

[RedGiraffe]

How do you get a Claire’s law on someone? Is it only people who have been reported to police? For example I never reported my abuser to the police therefore does that mean there’s nothing I can do to stop it happening to another poor unsuspecting woman?

Sorry if that doesn’t make sense or sounds silly… I don’t really know the process but I don’t like the idea of a Claire’s law coming back their clean because I didn’t disclose or report to police

[KIP.]

You can ask the police to disclose any information they have on a person. That may include statements given to them even without a conviction so if you want to make a statement to the police you can do that. You often see several women going to court because the police have traced ex partners who have also given statements to help corroborate other victims. I did it both for domestic abuse and historical sexual assaults. Talk to your local women’s aid or victim support who can help you with this, I think you can also report anonymous through a third party like women’s aid or victim support x

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