The Department of Justice is considering legislating for powerful removal orders, which would place the burden of leaving the family home on the perpetrators of domestic violence rather than on the victim and their children. Photograph: Derick Hudson/Getty Images

“Complex” issues around constitutional property rights could complicate Government plans that would allow for the removal of domestic abusers from family homes in high-risk cases.

The Department of Justice is considering legislating for powerful removal orders, which would place the burden of leaving the family home on the perpetrators of domestic violence rather than o

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