Listen to Jenny Beck’s interview on Women’s Hour discussing how outdated practice in the family court fails women’s justice and what should happen next. The interview takes place 14.19 minutes into the programme. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000dpj8 If you...
Jenny Beck and Cris McCurley of Ben Hoare Bell have been at the forefront of the campaign for an independent inquiry into the failure of the family courts to protect victims of abuse and their children from domestic abuse. The campaign is in response to a lacklustre...
A total of 125 cross party MP’s led by Labour’s Louise Haigh wrote to the Ministry of Justice demanding an independent inquiry into the failure of the family courts to protect victims of abuse and their children. Disappointingly the Ministry of Justice responded by...
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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