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I am on a domestic violence unit and have been called in by a woman who is suffering from the unwanted attention of a man with whom she used to live but was not married. It would appear that there is enough to charge him with harassment but she does not want that and she has been to a solicitor who says she should apply for a non-molestation order under section 42 of the Family Law Act 1996. Do we have a power of arrest if he breaches the order?
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