family courts; domestic violence; children Archives

PRESS RELEASE: Re government announcement to review the family courts

28 November 202025 June 2020

PRESS RELEASE: Re government announcement to review the family courts Why another review when all the facts are known? Where are the resources for mothers and children? We welcome the government’s announcement that the family courts must do more to protect victims of domestic violence, and that the presumption that a child’s contact with both …

Family courts failing to uphold human rights for victims of domestic abuse, according to Queen Mary report

17 February 20211 June 2018

Family Courts are failing to recognise and protect survivors’ human rights by not giving victims of domestic abuse a safe and fair hearing which is putting their children’s safety at risk, according to a joint report by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London. 30 May 2018 Survivors of domestic abuse face a lack …