Right to Equality

Great to see coverage from @SkyNews this morning on our campaign to end the presumption of child contact with abusive parents! Michelle, an anonymous survivor and mother who fought to protect her child from an abuser, speaks on the need for change.

Survivors must walk a tightrope just to be seen as ‘credible’, while the system bends over backwards to protect their abusers. For five years, I represented former MP Kate Kniveton in the family court—a survivor of abuse at the hands of her ex-husband, who had been an MP and…

1 in 10 people aged 16 and over in England and Wales were victims of at least one of the crime types of #domesticabuse, #sexualassault or #stalking in the year to March - 1 in 8 for women. edp24.co.uk/news/national/…

The system is broken, but people don’t realise it until it’s too late and they themselves are in it. Most of the public still believes the legal system operates with fairness, integrity, and justice. But those who enter the family courts—especially victim-survivors of…

I’ll continue working with the formidable @clairethrossell, @womensaid and @right2equality to secure the reform to our family courts that is urgently needed, including removing the presumption of contact. Thank you for sharing your story Kate.

Last night’s documentary on Kate Kniveton’s case powerfully exposed what survivors, advocates, and children have been saying for years: the family court system is broken—and dangerous. It showed, in real time, how protective mothers are disbelieved, abuse is minimised, and…