Tag Archive: Family Law

Domestic Abuse and Child Contact: The Interface Between Criminal and Civil Proceedings

Two children photographed from behind, looking out the window

Although it is recognised by the Scottish legislative system that domestic abuse adversely affects children, little is known about how child contact proceedings work in practice and the extent to which the treatment of domestic abuse in the civil courts…
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Report on current Bill to reform Family Law

A new report funded by and produced for the Scottish Parliament Justice Committee critically analyses a new Bill, Children (Scotland) Bill 2019, to reform Scottish family law court cases. The report, written by Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane from here in…
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