When Article 8 ECHR Fails to Protect Mothers: Family Courts in Scotland
January 29th, 2026
Every year, approximately 52,000 separating couples in England and Wales who cannot agree on child arrangements head to family courts. In 2024 alone, around 13,000 new private law applications were
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Coercive Control Is Not ‘High Conflict’: Why Misunderstanding Domestic Abuse Puts Survivors at Risk
January 7th, 2026
Domestic abuse is often spoken about as though it were a single phenomenon: a spectrum of behaviours that differ only in terms of degree. Violence sits at one end, emotional
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Co-Founder Julia Margo wins Criminal Justice Alliance Award
November 28th, 2025
We are delighted that our co-founder and deputy CEO Julia Margo won Outstanding Individual: Lived Experience at the Criminal Justice Alliance Awards 2025. The judges said: “Julia Margo has transformed
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Simon Bruce wins Family Law Award 2025
November 20th, 2025
We are delighted that our Trustee, Simon Bruce (Partner at Dawson Cornwell LLP) has been awarded the Cornwell Award for Outstanding Contribution to Family Law at the Family Law Awards
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IDVA Comparisons: Understanding Their Role and Impact
November 10th, 2025
Confronting Abuse in the Courtroom When survivors of domestic violence step into the courtroom, they face not only the stress of litigation but also the emotional burden of confronting their
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Anecdote as fact: the dangers lurking in the online family court discussion board
November 5th, 2025
“The forum said…” Spend ten minutes in a Facebook group or Reddit thread about the family courts and you’ll see the same pattern: hundreds of anxious parents trying to decode
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A Culture of Disbelief: Male Victims of Domestic Abuse
November 5th, 2025
Over the past few years, I’ve mentored more than a hundred women and twelve men through the family and criminal courts. Every survivor’s story is singular – there is no
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Fair Hearing’s Role in Driving Legislative Reform
November 5th, 2025
Serious sex offenders will no longer have automatic parental responsibility for their children thanks to an amendment to the Victims and Courts Bill. Those convicted of serious child sexual offences
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Our first event at Portcullis House
November 5th, 2025
Our first event at Portcullis House, on 7 May 2025 focused on the data gaps in domestic abuse cases going through family courts. Jess Asato MP chaired a meeting that
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Simon Bruce
November 5th, 2025
We are so proud of our trustee Simon Bruce (Partner at Cornwell Dawson) who gave the first speech for the World Council on Family Law and Children Law at Australia
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Our CEO on the importance of relationship education
May 24th, 2025
Transition’ is a word much bandied about in education circles. No, this is not about gender. Rather, when school staff talk about transition they mean that pivotal moment between primary
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Julia Margo’s story: The Daily Mail feature
March 16th, 2025
Read it on The Daily Mail One text message, from a woman I didn’t even know, blew my life apart. ‘You don’t know me,’ it read. ‘I am the mother
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