Asking for a friend who has no internet access..
Her partner's ex girlfriend has behaved awfully towards her for 2 years. Most of it is low level abuse and harassment, all verbal no actual physical abuse. Each incident on its own is not enough to be criminal I guess but all put together it is causing my friend stress and worry about what will happen next and anxiety about bumping into her.
She has reported lots of incidents to Police over past 2 years to ensure it is recorded, no actual proof for most things as it's impossible to prove someone has sworn and shouted at you in the street. There probably been about 8-10 incidents in 2 years
They live nearby and both have kids at same school so unfortunately see each other often. My friend ignore her completely, crosses the road to avoid her as much as possible but not always possible.
Last year after swearing and shouting at my friend in the street on 3 separate occasions and once following her down the road for no other reason than to intimidate her she was finally issued with an harassment warning - which I am aware means not a lot. The warning was for 12 mths and expired early this year.
Since then things have been a bit better and it happened less often.
Two months ago the ex girlfriend unexpectedly attended my friends home,she was home alone with her kids and it really upset her. The ex girlfriend had previously made an undertaking to Court that she would not attend their home without prior invitation (this is printed on the Residence Order for the children of my friends partner and his ex who is harassing her). This was because she had previously come to her old address and shouted at her.
She wasn't violent but she knocked on my friend's door and was very rude to my friend who was very upset. By attending she breached that undertaking, Police asked her to leave but of course a family Court Order has no power of enforcement or arrest etc.
Last month the ex girlfriend once again verbally abused my friend in public, swearing and insulting her in front of her children.
Sorry it's long. I'll get to the point.
Is she likely to be granted an injunction as it's all low level verbal abuse? and does it matter that the big incidents are often months apart but over the course of years. It will cost my friend a lot of money to make this application so she doesn't want to do it if she doesn't meet the criteria. I'm hoping that the fact the ex girlfriend already broke the undertaking she made to Court not to attend without invitation will add weight to her request for an injunction.
Lastly, am I right in thinking as she isn't related a non-molestation order isn't appropriate and she needs to apply for an injunction on form N016a (quick bit of googling there).
If she applies for an injunction what should she ask for? We've had a chat and really she wants it to say she cannot attend their home address under any circumstances and that she must not approach, shout at or follow my friend. How do we word that better?
Thank you if you can help (and have the time to read all that)