﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>theForum » Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA) » Finding out when your convictions become spent » Particular sentences and disposals  » Restraining order - good points of contact, resources, legal advice</title><generator>InstantForum 2016-2 Final</generator><description>theForum</description><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/</link><webMaster>theForum</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 23:41:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Restraining order - good points of contact, resources, legal advice</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26415.aspx</link><description>Hi everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum to use but would be grateful for any recommendations for talking to someone about my indefinite restraining order. I need to investigate ways of going to court to have it varied and yes, I could easily trawl through the various legal firms and names who could assist.&amp;nbsp; However any recommendations or personal experiences would also be very welcome.&amp;nbsp; Many thanks</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:25:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Star</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Restraining order - good points of contact, resources, legal advice</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27929.aspx</link><description>&lt;div class="if-quote-wrapper" data-guid="1593008355545" unselectable="on" data-id="26469"&gt;&lt;a title="Move Cursor Below" class="quote-para" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false" href="#" unselectable="on" data-id="26469"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="Delete Quote" class="quote-delete" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false" href="#" unselectable="on" data-id="26469"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup" unselectable="on"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;a title=" " class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="26469"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup" unselectable="on"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;NigelV2 - 27 Sep 19 3:16 PM&lt;span class="quote-markup" unselectable="on"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26469"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-wrapper" data-guid="1593008355545" unselectable="on" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;a title="Move Cursor Below" class="quote-para" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false" href="#" unselectable="on" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a title="Delete Quote" class="quote-delete" style="display: none;" contenteditable="false" href="#" unselectable="on" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup" unselectable="on"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper" unselectable="on"&gt;&lt;a title=" " class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup" unselectable="on"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Star - 9 Sep 19 10:45 AM&lt;span class="quote-markup" unselectable="on"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26415"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Hi everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum to use but would be grateful for any recommendations for talking to someone about my indefinite restraining order. I need to investigate ways of going to court to have it varied and yes, I could easily trawl through the various legal firms and names who could assist.&amp;nbsp; However any recommendations or personal experiences would also be very welcome.&amp;nbsp; Many thanks&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;One thing I would suggest is to talk to the police to see if they have any objections.&amp;nbsp; I recently had an indefinite order discharged and I was worrying about what to say and how /when to say it.&amp;nbsp; As the police had said they were not going to object to it being discharged, the QC representing them did all the talking in the court and I think I was in there for about 4 minutes.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26469"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Many thanks Nigel, I regret to say the police are the last people I would speak to, our local force simply use my restraining order to cause further distress to myself and my partner as both of us were jointly convicted and given an indefinite restraining order.&amp;nbsp; We had a visit from the local bobbies at the weekend to arrest my partner for 4 alleged breaches of the restraining order.&amp;nbsp; One of which was allegedly staring at the neighbour (forbidden by the restraining order) after the neighbour walked up to the boundary wall and looked into our property (their garden is significantly higher than ours).&amp;nbsp; Apparently my partner looked up to see the neighbour poking his nose over the wall.&amp;nbsp; We have no recollection of this but wouldn't you be taken aback when someone being protected by an order deliberately and consciously looks over the wall into your property?&amp;nbsp; Simply defies belief ….&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2020 15:25:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Star</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Restraining order - good points of contact, resources, legal advice</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26469.aspx</link><description>&lt;br/&gt;&lt;div data-id="26415" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1569593622200"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26415" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26415" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Star - 9 Sep 19 10:45 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26415"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Hi everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum to use but would be grateful for any recommendations for talking to someone about my indefinite restraining order. I need to investigate ways of going to court to have it varied and yes, I could easily trawl through the various legal firms and names who could assist.&amp;nbsp; However any recommendations or personal experiences would also be very welcome.&amp;nbsp; Many thanks&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;One thing I would suggest is to talk to the police to see if they have any objections.&amp;nbsp; I recently had an indefinite order discharged and I was worrying about what to say and how /when to say it.&amp;nbsp; As the police had said they were not going to object to it being discharged, the QC representing them did all the talking in the court and I think I was in there for about 4 minutes.&lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 15:16:33 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>NigelV2</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Restraining order - good points of contact, resources, legal advice</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26422.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="26418" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1568110947654"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26418" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26418" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="26418" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Deb S - 10 Sep 19 8:15 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26418"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;&lt;div data-id="26415" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1568110947654"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26415" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26415" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Star - 9 Sep 19 10:45 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26415"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Hi everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum to use but would be grateful for any recommendations for talking to someone about my indefinite restraining order. I need to investigate ways of going to court to have it varied and yes, I could easily trawl through the various legal firms and names who could assist.&amp;nbsp; However any recommendations or personal experiences would also be very welcome.&amp;nbsp; Many thanks&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hi Star&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I've attached some information from our information site - &lt;a href="https://hub.unlock.org.uk/knowledgebase/applying-court-end-court-order/"&gt;Applying to a court to end a court order&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You might also want to have a look at our &lt;a href="http://www.the-record.org.uk/?s=court+orders&amp;amp;x=-1&amp;amp;y=15"&gt;online magazine, theRecord&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- there are some articles here from individuals who've applied to have their Orders discharged.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Good luck&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Debs&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26418"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Very many thanks Debs, I'll put some time aside to thoroughly digest. &lt;br/&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 11:22:58 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Star</dc:creator></item><item><title>RE: Restraining order - good points of contact, resources, legal advice</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26418.aspx</link><description>&lt;div data-id="26415" class="if-quote-wrapper" unselectable="on" data-guid="1568099583570"&gt;&lt;a class="quote-para" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26415" title="Move Cursor Below" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;+&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a class="quote-delete" unselectable="on" style="display: none;" href="#" data-id="26415" title="Delete Quote" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-header" contenteditable="false"&gt;&lt;div unselectable="on" class="if-quote-toggle-wrapper"&gt;&lt;a class="if-quote-toggle quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415" title=" "&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[b]&lt;/span&gt;Star - 9 Sep 19 10:45 AM&lt;span unselectable="on" class="quote-markup"&gt;[/b]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message if-quote-message-26415"&gt;&lt;div class="if-quote-message-margin"&gt;Hi everyone, not sure if this is the correct forum to use but would be grateful for any recommendations for talking to someone about my indefinite restraining order. I need to investigate ways of going to court to have it varied and yes, I could easily trawl through the various legal firms and names who could assist.&amp;nbsp; However any recommendations or personal experiences would also be very welcome.&amp;nbsp; Many thanks&lt;a class="if-quote-goto quote-link" href="#" data-id="26415"&gt;&lt;span class="goto"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="quote-markup"&gt;[/quote]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Hi Star&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I've attached some information from our information site - &lt;a href="https://hub.unlock.org.uk/knowledgebase/applying-court-end-court-order/"&gt;Applying to a court to end a court order&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;You might also want to have a look at our &lt;a href="http://www.the-record.org.uk/?s=court+orders&amp;amp;x=-1&amp;amp;y=15"&gt;online magazine, theRecord&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- there are some articles here from individuals who've applied to have their Orders discharged.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Good luck&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Debs</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2019 08:15:51 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Deb S</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>