Right to Equality’s Report on Ending the Presumption of Contact in Family Courts

In part one of another four-part series by Lara Feigel on London family courts, Lara encounters a case where a mother, who has experienced domestic abuse, objects to media coverage.

In the final part of a three-part series, Ruth Green writes on allegations of child retention, abduction abroad, and how the judge prioritises the children’s welfare.

In part two of her series about a week in Manchester Family Court, Ruth Green details various family law cases where some are fighting to hold onto contact with their children and others are applying to have it reinstated.

In part one of her three-part series about her week in Manchester Family Court, Ruth Green speaks with protesters, a barrister and a local authority solicitor.

Dr Gavin Evans shares his experience of a family court hearing concerning a nine month old baby whose mother died in childbirth.

Dr Elizabeth Dalgarno, PhD., Lecturer, University of Manchester, Founder and Director, SHERA Research Group and Dr Emma Katz, PhD., Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University wrote to The Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Services concerning Dr Proudman.

Read Co-Director Dr Adrienne Barnett’s Statement on the Bar Standards Board Case Against our Founder and Director Dr Charlotte Proudman

Dr Charlotte Proudman and Stephanie Hayward at Jesus College Cambridge Intellectual Forum on Affirmative Consent.

In the final part of her four part blog series, Lara Feigel reports on a case hampered with delays, where a father is restricted to letter box contact.

In part three of her four part blog series, Lara Feigel reports on the harrowing experience of a domestic abuse survivor giving evidence in family court.

Lucy Hayton summarises why recent comments from the President of the Family Division on the Cleveland Scandal are important and offer hope for a new approach to child sexual abuse in family courts.

In part two of a four part blog series by Lara Feigel, we hear about a case where a father applies to drastically vary a contact order and make himself the primary parent.