The "same-roof rule" was a rule of English law that victims of domestic abuse are not entitled to compensation if they lived with the perpetrator prior to 1979.[1] The rule was successfully challenged in the Court of Appeal in 2018.[2]
The "same-roof rule" was a rule of English law that victims of domestic abuse are not entitled to compensation if they lived with the perpetrator prior to 1979.[1] The rule was successfully challenged in the Court of Appeal in 2018.[2]