Man loses appeal over interim barring order

Mr Justice Max Barrett said there were substantive reasons to favour the woman’s evidence over the man’s, including her evidence of a pattern of emotional abuse, threats and intimidating and abusive behaviour.

A man who disputed his estranged wife’s claim of her fear of being attacked by him, saying she was “well able to look after herself” having had martial arts training, has lost his High Court appeal aimed at overturning an interim barring order.

Mr Justice Max Barrett said there were substantive reasons to favour the woman’s evidence over the man’s, including her evidence of a pattern of emotional abuse, threats and intimidating and abusive behaviour which she suffered until it became too much and she contacted Women’s Aid and sought protection and barring orders.