Rob Williams writes in the Guardian about the practice at Basildon hospital of excluding fathers to be from ultrasound scans. He suspect[s] that the policy to exclude men from the scanning room is rooted in a belief that men are not important to the process of bringing a baby into the world. Whilst I sympathise [...]
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Dads-to-be excluded from ultrasound scans
Posted in equality, tagged discrimination, domestic violence, equality, funny, odd or interesting, pregnancy on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Contact Activities – the big giveaway!
Posted in courts, public funding, resources, tagged children, contact activity directions, courts, domestic violence, parenting, public funding, resources on June 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Contact Activity Directions – remember them? Yes, the little used Contact Activity provisions have received a bit of a boost as of 1 April: they are now provided free of charge to any parent ordered to attend such an activity. . Previously, you will recall (or perhaps not): parents who were eligible for public funding [...]
Splitting Headache
Posted in courts, legal news, tagged cafcass. children, courts, domestic violence, family justice system, finding of fact, legal news, practice direction, procedure on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To split or not to split? That is the eternal question, answered here by new Prez in new guidance. In short: split only when it serves a purpose. And don’t forget split listing (or not) is a judicial decision. Lord Justice Wall (little known founder of Wall’s Ice Cream) also adds a reminder that splits [...]
Occupation Orders
Posted in cases, tagged abuse, cases, domestic violence, family proceedings, non molestation order, occupation order on November 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Family Law Week publishes an interesting article this week on the recent case of Grubb v Grubb which concerns an appeal against the granting of an occupation order ousting a husband from the matrimonial home. The article appears here and the transcript here. I am going to take a slightly different slant on that case [...]
Domestic Violence Against Men
Posted in cases, tagged abuse, cases, domestic violence, family on March 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The One Show tonight ran a piece on men as victims of domestic violence, including a brief interview with Erin Pizey founder of the women’s refuge movement. This issue is not often enough highlighted, and as reported on the show there are many reasons why it is likely to be underreported – both embarrasment and [...]
Punishing the Victim
Posted in cases, legal news, tagged cases, domestic violence, legal news, rape on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This news story about the imprisonment of a woman giving testimony about an alleged rape does not make happy reading. It appears that the Scottish judge imprisoned her for contempt of court when she objected to questions about her sexual history and broke down in the witness box, unable to continue. I find it hard [...]
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