Disclosure scheme used to uncover the violent pasts of more than 1,300 partners in just one year.

More than 1,300 violent partners have had their abusive pasts exposed thanks to a new law allowing police to disclose a partner’s previous violent behaviour.

Officially called the ‘Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme’, it is more widely known as Clare’s Law – after Clare Wood, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 2009.