Really enjoyed attending the Association of Lawyers for Children conference and presenting 2 workshops on coercive control and risk. Very well done to the organisers who did a great job in looking after everyone and ensuring it ran like clockwork which is no easy task for such a big event

Very excited to be opening up an office in London - my second home 🎉💃🏻👏https://watsonramsbottom.com/watson-ramsbottom-leading-london-property-experts-join-forces-to-launch-new-riverside-legal/

Really enjoyed speaking at the @springfieldda.bsky.social 110th (!) anniversary conference in Cumbria today and catching up with the awesome @davidchallen.bsky.social who delivered a very moving and powerful presentation 👏

This is only the tip of the iceberg as it ignores repeat victims which women in particular are most likely to be. We need a total system overhaul if this is to change as nothing so far has worked and for the CJS its business as usual in failing victims www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pleased to take part in this bbc investigation by @annacollinson.bsky.social and Claire Kendall demonstrating how victims of coercive control are failed by the police and CJS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s appalling that there had to be a judicial review in the first place. How dare the magistrates do this to the victim. Every part of the CJS does its utmost to work against victims www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/success...

📣 FIRST POST ALERT 📣: I pretty much gave up on Twitter a while ago - tweeting less and less in recent years - but once it was a place which brought me joy (& some anguish). It was a place I could share articles I wrote, as well as my own observations about life: some tweets funnier than others.

Understatement of the year: “A major review by policing bodies last year found a lack of understanding of online stalking and evidence of the police failing to take it seriously.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If only this was how the Met dealt with DA and stalking allegations. Aside from their top 100 the response remains woeful metro.co.uk/2025/03/20/s...?

Really proud to have taken part in this excellent stalking podcast series by @carolecadwalla and @GeorgiaJCatt I was completely gripped listening to it even though I knew about the case. Definitely worth a listen 👇👇👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A disappointing result. Lancashire police have to take some responsibility for failing to arrest him for breach of bail - victims often feel there is no other way out then Kiena Dawes' partner CLEARED of killing mum who took her own life and blamed it on him after abuse

Tell us again how violence against women ruins men’s careers… Dana White slapped his wife on video, faced zero consequences, and now joins Meta’s board of directors.

So called “parental-alienation” has been the go-to counter allegation made by domestic abuse perps in the family court for years. Glad to see this guidance - lets ensure the courts actually follow it

If I had a £ for every time I’ve heard the police say this, it’s almost as though they don’t want to help victims….GMP wrongly told journalist she was not entitled to partner’s abuse history www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater...

This is good news. Unbelievable that a stalker’s ID could be kept from the victim in the first place. However it doesn’t address the major issue of the police not investigating these crimes properly or at all.

CPD Accredited I Online I Thursday Dec 5th Coercive & Controlling Behaviour Join us for a comprehensive training session on Coercive and Controlling Behaviour (CCB) in intimate/family relationships. Last remaining places. #16Days #16DaysOfActivism www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/aurora-new...

Absolute Shero. No more shame #16days of activism #WomenHaveHadEnoughOfThisShit

An end to the presumption of parental involvement, non means tested legal aid for victims and compulsory DA training for court professionals. Now that would be a great Christmas gift 🎄#16days #CoerciveControl @womensaid https://buff.ly/3VbF2AF

This is good in theory but what are the chances of the police doing anything about the breach when they are notified? Close to zero. This is what needs to change.

Happy (un) Equal Pay Day. Women earn £631 less than men a month. Alongside the seasonal unpaid domestic labour of Christmas, from today, you are also working for free 🥳 #UnequalPayDay #EqualPayDay #SexPayGap #WomenCount #CountWomen #SexData #SexNotGender www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-pay-da...

Can’t decide if this is strangely comforting or actually quite scary?

Knock out job 👊 👏@auroranewdawn.bsky.social

Understatement of the year. In what other profession could you get away with this level of negligence at every step? This is not a one off. This is standard practice www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2472910...