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Get a copy of a police caution for domestic violence

Use this letter to get evidence a partner has been cautioned by police for domestic violence against you, if you're applying for legal aid.

Applies to England and Wales

MS Word Document, 34 KB

To get a copy of the police caution, you should:

check the caution is for a domestic violence offence
fill in as much as you can of the sample letter
send it to the Data Protection Officer at the police force that gave the caution

You may have to pay a charge for your copy.

You can use this as evidence if you’re applying for legal aid to divorce or separate from an abusive partner.

The caution must be for one of these domestic violence offences.

If you’re using a lawyer, they will be able to help you.

Published 19 December 2014