Listen in to hear Kate share her story and discuss why she decided to become an ambassador for #RighttoEquality 's Ending the #PresumptionofContact campaign, noting the personal importance of this work.
Yesterday I spoke at the launch of the Right to Equality report on #presumptionofcontact . This presumption has facilitated a pro contact culture which is silencing victims and children and putting them at risk. Reform is well overdue shorturl.at/kpstM
One would expect family law barristers, lecturers in law, MPs, and publicly paid officials to know there is no #PresumptionOfContact in law or in the operation of the law. Part 1 of the Children Act 1989 is very clear 🧵 legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/41/…
Terrifying😨
Minister of Justice cannot move away from the presumption that parents are involved...
#coercivecontrol is almost unknown in Japan.
The amendment to Family law is too dangerous for survivors.
#presumptionofcontact #Japan
Please Read this Report and write to your MP, let's stop the #presumptionofcontact in #familycourt NOW!!
Living the knock on effect from the #contactatallcost mentality within #familycourt some 3 years later as my Child self harms and attempted suicide, #trauma long lasting.
Please Read the Report by Right to Equality and write to your MP NOW!! Lets end the #presumptionofcontact in #familycourt
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'This pro-contact culture at all costs is dangerous and needs overturning urgently'
ICYMI: Kate Kniveton MP has written for
@Mumsnet about her experience of domestic abuse and her campaign to end the #PresumptionOfContact with abusive parents.
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FNF’s desire to maintain the rights of abusers over the safety of children is deeply distressing. Please consider writing to your MP and asking for an END to the #presumptionofcontact
We encourage you to write to your MP to end the #presumptionofcontact and include existing case law, research, and factual data in your letter, showing the serious harms caused by the presumption.
We need to PROVE to Govt officials the serious dangers of maintaining this
On 13 May we are presenting our report on the harm of the #presumptionofcontact and #contactatallcosts in #parliament .
This event is invite only- please contact [email protected] of you would like to request an RSVP or attend as a reporter.
The common outcome of a resident parent making allegations of abuse, prior to providing any evidence, is for contact with the non-resident parent to be STOPPED, pending an investigation.
Any you call this #PresumptionOfContact ?
The question remains, why would individuals who *know* there is no #PresumptionOfContact mislead people by claiming that there is? #FamilyLaw
On November 15, We launched a two-year campaign in Parliament, hosted by Jess Phillips MP and Caroline Nokes MP, to end this harmful #presumptionofcontact in the family courts. Co-led by Director @DrCharlotteProudman and Advisor AdrienneBarnett, Right to Equality is taking