Domestic abusers still able to cross-examine victims in court

Survey finds 24% of survivors have faced ordeal in year since government promised to end itVictims of domestic violence continue to be cross-examined by their abusers in family courts more than a year after the government promised to stop such ordeals, a report has found.Children’s lives were being put at risk because victims were not being given safe or fair hearings, according to the study by Women’s Aid and Queen Mary University of London. Continue reading…
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