‘Action, not words’, needed on violence against women and girls
National domestic abuse charity Refuge has said the government’s talk of an ongoing commitment to halve violence against women and girls in the next decade is ‘welcome’ but we need action, not words, as women are killed on a weekly basis. The warning comes as the Government publishes its response to the Home Affairs select […]
High Court reinforces consequences for abusive litigation in family proceedings
In the recent matter of Mahmoud v Glanville & Anor in the High Court Family Division, Moore Barlow acted on behalf of the father before Mr Justice MacDonald. In this child arrangement dispute, the court had to grapple with repeated and dangerous behaviour by the mother, including abduction and concealment of the child from his […]