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Tue 11 Nov 2002Law on barring orders to changeThe Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell, plans to publish legislation before Christmas which will provide fresh protections to victims of domestic violence, a spokesman for the Minister said yesterday.The spokesman said that the legislation would address last month's Supreme Court ruling on interim barring orders as well as concerns raised by Women's Aid about the Domestic Violence Act, 1996.