Clare’s Law was designed to help protect victims and future victims of domestic violence. This law enabled partners to request a disclosure of information about their partner’s violent past. This law has two functions which is ‘right to ask’ (ask about a partners history regarding domestic violence from the police) and ‘right to know’ (police can disclose information to an individual if they deem it necessary). This was initially a pilot scheme within 4 police force areas for a 14 month period, this enabled police to provide more than 100 people with potentially lifesaving information.