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How does the family court treat domestic abuse?: A snapshot (continued)

by Sophie Smith Holland | Jul 11, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch

This is a post from Sophie Smith-Holland, who tweets as @SSmithHolland. The question of how the Family Court deals with domestic abuse has had a huge amount of public and media attention recently. Concerns have been raised that the system is placing children and...

A view from the cheap seats

by reporting watch team | Jul 7, 2019 | Comment, FCReportingWatch

This is a guest post from Bob Greig, Co Chair of Only Mums and Only Dads and co author of 101 Questions Answered About Separating With Children (links below). Bob tweets as @OnlyDads. I have been asked to write a few words on the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) public call...

Father’s Day Revenge? Female perpetrated domestic abuse, homicide and suicide

by Annie Surviving Safeguarding | Jul 6, 2019 | Analysis, Cases, FCReportingWatch, Notorious

On the 17th of June 2018, a father made an anxious call to Kent Police after his ex-partner failed to return their child after a period of unsupervised contact which had been agreed by the family court. Very sadly, the following morning, the Police found the bodies of...

The President’s Expert Witness Working Group Symposium: in which lawyers (for once) were not the loudest voices in the room

by Malvika Jaganmohan | Jul 6, 2019 | Analysis, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This is a post from Malvika Jaganmohan, one of our new contributors, who tweets as @MalvikaJaganmo1. A collective of medical and legal professionals descended on the Royal Courts of Justice on 4thJuly 2019 to discuss the current shortage of medical experts in the...