News
Inquiry urged into ‘parental alienation’ court experts
21st June 2022
The Guardian
MPs, lawyers and charity leaders are among those calling for an urgent inquiry into the use of unregulated psychological experts in the family courts, after an investigation by the Observer.
In a letter sent to the justice secretary, the victims’ commissioner for London, Claire Waxman, and a group of MPs write: “We believe there is ample evidence that children and survivors of domestic abuse are being put at risk by the evidence provided by unregulated experts who do not belong to any professional body and therefore cannot be held to account.”
Read the full article here: The Guardian
You may also be interested in:
“The only word … is apocalyptic”: Xanthopoulos v Rakshina [2022] EWFC 30
