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Criminal records, job losses, lives changed permanently, and in some cases lives lost. This is why LawEd exists.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"cs-stats\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stats-inner\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-num\">240+<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-label\">Coco's Law prosecutions since 2021<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-num\">7 years<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-label\">Maximum prison sentence for sharing intimate images<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-num\">51%<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-label\">Of young people didn't know threatening to share an image was a crime<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"cs-filter-bar\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-filter-inner\">\r\n <span class=\"cs-filter-label\">Filter:<\/span>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn active\" onclick=\"filterCS('all',this)\">All Cases<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('digital',this)\">Digital & Image Law<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('consent',this)\">Consent<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('employment',this)\">Employment<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('criminal',this)\">Criminal<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('driving',this)\">Driving<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('sports',this)\">Sports<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('substances',this)\">Drugs & Alcohol<\/button>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"cs-cases\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-cases-inner\">\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured\" data-cat=\"digital\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-tag\">Digital Law \u00b7 Featured Case<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-title\">Coco's Law, The Case That Changed Irish Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-desc\">Nicole \"Coco\" Fox Fenlon took her own life in 2018 after intimate images were shared without her consent and years of relentless online bullying. At the time, there was no Irish legislation that could hold her abusers accountable. Her mother campaigned to change that. In 2021, the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act, known as Coco's Law, was enacted.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-outcome-text\">Up to 7 years imprisonment for sharing intimate images without consent. Threatening to share images is also now a criminal offence, even if images are never actually shared.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-accordion\">\r\n <button class=\"cs-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleAcc(this)\">What the Law Now Says <span class=\"cs-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-accordion-content\">\r\n <p>Sharing intimate images without consent carries up to 7 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine. The law applies to private messages, group chats and direct messages, not just public posts. Threatening to share images is also a criminal offence even if images are never sent.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"cs-outcome-box\"><strong>Legal Impact<\/strong><p>240+ prosecutions since 2021. Charges rising year on year, 22 in 2021, 95 in 2022, 113 in 2023. Perpetrators have been convicted and imprisoned.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Students learn exactly what Coco's Law covers, what counts as an intimate image, and why \"it was just a private message\" is not a legal defence.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleAcc(this)\">What Could Have Been Different <span class=\"cs-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-accordion-content\">\r\n <p>When Coco was being bullied, her abusers believed there were no consequences for online harassment. A generation of young people now knows that isn't true, because Coco's Law exists. LawEd ensures every student understands exactly what the law covers before they find out the hard way.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-stat-num\">7<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-stat-label\">Years maximum sentence under Coco's Law<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-grid\">\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"digital\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Digital Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">AI isn't always safe<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 16-year-old boy, Adam Raine, had been using an AI chatbot to talk through personal struggles, including thoughts of suicide. He turned to the platform for emotional support, believing it could help him cope. Tragically, Adam later took his own life.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Adam's parents have brought a legal case against OpenAI, alleging that the chatbot provided harmful guidance during his time of distress.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Understanding the risks of artificial intelligence, digital safety, and why AI should never replace real-world support or trusted guidance.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"driving\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Driving Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">One moment can change everything<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 16-year-old girl tragically lost her life after being struck by a scrambler bike in Dublin in January 2026. The incident highlighted the dangers of illegal scrambler use in public spaces and the serious risks these vehicles pose to both riders and pedestrians.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Following this tragedy, the Government introduced proposed legislation known as \"Grace's Law,\" aimed at banning scrambler bikes from public spaces and strengthening Garda powers to seize and destroy illegal vehicles.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Driving laws, understanding the risks of illegal vehicle use, road safety awareness, and the serious legal consequences of using scramblers in public places.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"sports\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Sports Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">It was just a tackle, or was it?<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">During an amateur football match, a player named Chapman made a dangerous tackle while challenging for the ball. The tackle caused his opponent to suffer a serious leg injury. Although the incident happened during play, the level of force used went beyond what is considered acceptable in sport.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Chapman was taken to court, where his actions were found to be \"sufficiently grave,\" meaning they went beyond normal play and amounted to a criminal offence. He was sentenced to prison.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Understanding that consent in sport is limited, and that reckless or intentional actions, even during play, can lead to serious injury and criminal consequences.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"criminal\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Criminal Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">It wasn't physical, but it was control<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">Gabby Petito was in a relationship where her partner used ongoing patterns of control, manipulation, and intimidation. Over time, she became isolated from friends and family, blamed herself for problems in the relationship, and felt afraid to leave. Although much of this behaviour was not physical, it was a clear example of coercive control, a hidden form of abuse that can have devastating consequences. Gabby was later murdered by her partner in 2021.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Reality<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">In Ireland coercive control is a criminal offence under the Domestic Violence Act 2018, with penalties of up to 5 years in prison.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>How to recognise the warning signs of coercive control, understand that abuse is not always physical, and why awareness is critical in protecting yourself and others.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"digital\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Digital Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">Screenshot shared in a group chat<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 16-year-old shared a screenshot of a private conversation in a WhatsApp group. What started as \"just a joke\" resulted in a Garda investigation under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Garda warning issued. Potential criminal record. Suspension from school.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Private communications have legal protection. Sharing them without consent can be a criminal offence regardless of intent or whether you thought it was funny.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"consent\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Consent Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">\"She didn't say no\"<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">An 18-year-old believed that because his girlfriend didn't verbally object, consent was given. He didn't understand that under Irish law, consent must be freely, knowingly and actively given. Silence is not consent.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Charged under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. Conviction resulted in a sex offenders register entry affecting future employment and travel.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>The legal definition of consent under Irish law. What it looks like, what it doesn't, and why passivity or silence is never enough.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"employment\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Employment Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">Paid below minimum wage<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 17-year-old worked for 6 months below minimum wage. They didn't know their rights and were afraid to speak up. 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Criminal records, job losses, lives changed permanently, and in some cases lives lost. This is why LawEd exists.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"cs-stats\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stats-inner\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-num\">240+<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-label\">Coco's Law prosecutions since 2021<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-num\">7 years<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-label\">Maximum prison sentence for sharing intimate images<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-num\">51%<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-stat-label\">Of young people didn't know threatening to share an image was a crime<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"cs-filter-bar\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-filter-inner\">\r\n <span class=\"cs-filter-label\">Filter:<\/span>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn active\" onclick=\"filterCS('all',this)\">All Cases<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('digital',this)\">Digital & Image Law<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('consent',this)\">Consent<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('employment',this)\">Employment<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('criminal',this)\">Criminal<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('driving',this)\">Driving<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('sports',this)\">Sports<\/button>\r\n <button class=\"cs-filter-btn\" onclick=\"filterCS('substances',this)\">Drugs & Alcohol<\/button>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"cs-cases\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-cases-inner\">\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured\" data-cat=\"digital\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-tag\">Digital Law \u00b7 Featured Case<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-title\">Coco's Law, The Case That Changed Irish Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-desc\">Nicole \"Coco\" Fox Fenlon took her own life in 2018 after intimate images were shared without her consent and years of relentless online bullying. At the time, there was no Irish legislation that could hold her abusers accountable. Her mother campaigned to change that. In 2021, the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act, known as Coco's Law, was enacted.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-outcome-text\">Up to 7 years imprisonment for sharing intimate images without consent. Threatening to share images is also now a criminal offence, even if images are never actually shared.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-accordion\">\r\n <button class=\"cs-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleAcc(this)\">What the Law Now Says <span class=\"cs-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-accordion-content\">\r\n <p>Sharing intimate images without consent carries up to 7 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine. The law applies to private messages, group chats and direct messages, not just public posts. Threatening to share images is also a criminal offence even if images are never sent.<\/p>\r\n <div class=\"cs-outcome-box\"><strong>Legal Impact<\/strong><p>240+ prosecutions since 2021. Charges rising year on year, 22 in 2021, 95 in 2022, 113 in 2023. Perpetrators have been convicted and imprisoned.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Students learn exactly what Coco's Law covers, what counts as an intimate image, and why \"it was just a private message\" is not a legal defence.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleAcc(this)\">What Could Have Been Different <span class=\"cs-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-accordion-content\">\r\n <p>When Coco was being bullied, her abusers believed there were no consequences for online harassment. A generation of young people now knows that isn't true, because Coco's Law exists. LawEd ensures every student understands exactly what the law covers before they find out the hard way.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-stat\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-stat-num\">7<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-featured-stat-label\">Years maximum sentence under Coco's Law<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-grid\">\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"digital\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Digital Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">AI isn't always safe<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 16-year-old boy, Adam Raine, had been using an AI chatbot to talk through personal struggles, including thoughts of suicide. He turned to the platform for emotional support, believing it could help him cope. Tragically, Adam later took his own life.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Adam's parents have brought a legal case against OpenAI, alleging that the chatbot provided harmful guidance during his time of distress.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Understanding the risks of artificial intelligence, digital safety, and why AI should never replace real-world support or trusted guidance.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"driving\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Driving Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">One moment can change everything<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 16-year-old girl tragically lost her life after being struck by a scrambler bike in Dublin in January 2026. The incident highlighted the dangers of illegal scrambler use in public spaces and the serious risks these vehicles pose to both riders and pedestrians.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Following this tragedy, the Government introduced proposed legislation known as \"Grace's Law,\" aimed at banning scrambler bikes from public spaces and strengthening Garda powers to seize and destroy illegal vehicles.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Driving laws, understanding the risks of illegal vehicle use, road safety awareness, and the serious legal consequences of using scramblers in public places.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"sports\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Sports Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">It was just a tackle, or was it?<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">During an amateur football match, a player named Chapman made a dangerous tackle while challenging for the ball. The tackle caused his opponent to suffer a serious leg injury. Although the incident happened during play, the level of force used went beyond what is considered acceptable in sport.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Chapman was taken to court, where his actions were found to be \"sufficiently grave,\" meaning they went beyond normal play and amounted to a criminal offence. He was sentenced to prison.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Understanding that consent in sport is limited, and that reckless or intentional actions, even during play, can lead to serious injury and criminal consequences.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"criminal\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Criminal Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">It wasn't physical, but it was control<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">Gabby Petito was in a relationship where her partner used ongoing patterns of control, manipulation, and intimidation. Over time, she became isolated from friends and family, blamed herself for problems in the relationship, and felt afraid to leave. Although much of this behaviour was not physical, it was a clear example of coercive control, a hidden form of abuse that can have devastating consequences. Gabby was later murdered by her partner in 2021.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Reality<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">In Ireland coercive control is a criminal offence under the Domestic Violence Act 2018, with penalties of up to 5 years in prison.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>How to recognise the warning signs of coercive control, understand that abuse is not always physical, and why awareness is critical in protecting yourself and others.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"digital\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Digital Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">Screenshot shared in a group chat<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 16-year-old shared a screenshot of a private conversation in a WhatsApp group. What started as \"just a joke\" resulted in a Garda investigation under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Garda warning issued. Potential criminal record. Suspension from school.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>Private communications have legal protection. Sharing them without consent can be a criminal offence regardless of intent or whether you thought it was funny.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"consent\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Consent Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">\"She didn't say no\"<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">An 18-year-old believed that because his girlfriend didn't verbally object, consent was given. He didn't understand that under Irish law, consent must be freely, knowingly and actively given. Silence is not consent.<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-label\">Legal Outcome<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-outcome-text\">Charged under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017. Conviction resulted in a sex offenders register entry affecting future employment and travel.<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <button class=\"cs-card-accordion-btn\" onclick=\"toggleCardAcc(this)\">What LawEd Teaches <span class=\"cs-card-accordion-icon\">+<\/span><\/button>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-accordion-content\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-lawed-box\"><strong>What LawEd Teaches<\/strong><p>The legal definition of consent under Irish law. What it looks like, what it doesn't, and why passivity or silence is never enough.<\/p><\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <div class=\"cs-card\" data-cat=\"employment\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-header\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-tag\">Employment Law<\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-title\">Paid below minimum wage<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-body\">\r\n <div class=\"cs-card-desc\">A 17-year-old worked for 6 months below minimum wage. They didn't know their rights and were afraid to speak up. 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