Daniel Romano, BCL, LL.B., MA,  (This essay was originally published in the October 2020 issue of the Senior Times, Page 8.) The rays of the early morning sun come in at an horizontal angle through the floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the…

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are reporting the rise of a parallel, ‘shadow pandemic’: conjugal violence.  As couples are forced to spend more time together, in some cases, the physically, psychologically and/or economically weaker partner is literally trapped inside a…