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We are pleased to announce that the mother and step-father of Jazmine, a teenage rape survivor whose three rapists were spared custodial sentences by Judge Nicholas Rowland, have joined our Breaking Bias, Building Justice campaign as ambassadors.

Right to Equality’s report on victim-blaming and bias in family court. The report makes 10 recommendations to improve transparency, accountability and more research.

We are thrilled to have won Non-for-Profit Organisation of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law awards.

Dr Adrienne Barnett, co-director of Right to Equality, shared her expertise on the key problems with the family justice system at a 24-hour vigil organised by Raina Advocacy. Women across the country joined outside the Houses of Parliament to stand with children and survivors harmed…

A blog post from our Head of Policy, Lucy Hayton, on the significance of a new judgment from the President of the Family Division involving so-called “parental alienation”, child removal and experts in family courts.

Right to Equality has been shortlisted for Not-for-Profit Organisation of the Year at the Women & Diversity in Law Awards 2026.

Jessica Bradley reports on her recent successful application to access the reports of an expert psychologist in family court.

Alongside other sector colleagues, we’re calling on the Judicial College to ensure family judges receive specialist domestic and sexual abuse training.

In this blog post, Emma Fielding, a criminal barrister, reflects on the difficulties faced by prosecutors when there have been parallel family and criminal court proceedings. Emma provides examples of scenarios where this could be problematic and makes suggestions for what actions prosecutors could take…

Following a recent landmark judgment, Right to Equality has written for a second time to the President of the Family Division, the Lord Chancellor and the Minister for Family Justice to request a review of all cases of child removal where an unregulated expert was…

Right to Equality welcomes today’s announcement by the Government that it will repeal the legislative presumption of parental involvement that for too long has put children and victims at risk.

Right to Equality welcomes the decision by the Government to extend measures to restrict parental responsibility for more child sex offenders in the Victims and Courts Bill.

In June 2025, Right to Equality was invited by the High Court to make submissions in a legal case which was considering whether a solicitor or barrister representing a defendant in criminal proceedings should also be able to act as a Qualified Legal Representative (‘QLR’)…

A step forward towards eradicating VAWG.

A statement about the new documentary ‘Breaking the Silence: Kate’s Story’ and why Right to Equality is concerned about the Government’s lack of action on family court reform in their first year in office.

Our response to the National Audit Office’s report on family court services highlights severe failings in the current system. Despite the government’s stated commitment to protecting children and reducing violence against women and girls, the family justice system suffers from a 17% funding cut, poor…

Right to Equality Statement on CAFCASS Intimidation of Dr Jessica Taylor

Last year, I did a short research project for Sexual Violence Awareness Week, which is now available in the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. Please email for a PDF version of the research, as it is not open-access due to costs. A…

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.

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.

Joanna Ong examines the profound societal and legal challenges victims face in seeking justice. Despite international human rights protections, cultural norms often privatise sexual violence, allowing perpetrators to evade accountability with the support of “implicated subjects”—those close to the abuser who defend their reputation. Ong…

Banging Heads Together and Making Things Go Away

Guest blog by Anna Smith*, a former magistrate, who writes on her experiences during the training process.

The Magistrates’ Association’s comment, written by Tracy Sortwell, Chair of the Magistrates’ Association’s Family Court Committee, can be found at the conclusion…

We have written to the Family Justice Council in response to their recent Draft Guidance on Responding to allegations of alienating behaviour! We submitted suggestions for revisions to the draft and outlined our concerns with the continued use of ‘alienating behaviours’. Read the summary here…