To the Rt Hon David Gauke MP, We are a group of concerned family and human rights lawyers, working in-house in women’s organisations, in private practice and at the Bar, who support the letter sent to you by a group of over 120 cross-party MPs calling for an...
Why is our system placing children at risk? More than 120 MPs led by Louise Haig MP have written to the government asking for an inquiry into how family courts in England and Wales treat victims of domestic violence. At least four children have been killed by a parent...
The government’s proposals to reform divorce law are a welcome and long awaited change. The prospect of a ‘no fault divorce’ means that couples will finally be allowed to end their marriages without unnecessary family conflict being built in to the process. This will...
Exclusive: Campaigners warn ‘huge injustices’ are taking place and children’s best interests are being ‘obscured’ as figures show 134 per cent rise in parents fighting cases alone. Article from independent.co.uk Lawyers and politicians said the...
Reproduced from the Telegraph article https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/controlling-partners-money-recognised-domestic-abuse-first-time/ Manipulating a partner’s finances is to be treated as a form of domestic abuse for the first time,...
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