Life, love and the law
Life, love and the law is the podcast brought to you by Stowe Family Law. After almost 70 episodes of Stowe talks, our podcast helping you through relationship breakdown, Life, love and the law is a new direction.
This podcast series will bring you heartfelt and insightful conversations with experts in and around the family law field, including divorce coaches, domestic abuse consultants, financial advisers, mortgage brokers and much more.
Our host, Liza Gatrell, family lawyer at Stowe Family Law will welcome guests to open up the conversation around all things relationship breakdown. She'll be inviting our guests to share real stories that will help you feel less alone as you navigate some of life's toughest times.
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Life, love and the law, the podcast will help you move through each stage of your journey knowing you've got someone in your corner, whatever your circumstances.
Life, love and the law
Episode 47: Domestic abuse in the family courts and what needs to change
The gasp factor, what should be the real headline of financial abuse, things must change and our collective responsibility…
We’re back for season 6 as we welcome leading 4PB Barrister Anita Mehta, who juggles a busy practice of complex financial remedy and children disputes with lecturing, writing and podcasting to look at how domestic abuse plays out in financial proceedings.
Co-author of the recent Resolution report on this matter, Anita takes us back to the history of how the family court has viewed domestic abuse, where we are today and makes a loud and clear call for change.
00:00 Introductions
02:10 The background to the Resolution report: Domestic abuse in Financial Proceedings
05:03 How does the family court currently consider domestic abuse?
05:34 A (sometimes shocking) history lesson on the family court, domestic abuse and divorce
07:20 What behaviour is taken into account by the court?
08:53 What is the gasp factor?
09:49 The unfairness sometimes of the situation
11:48 But things are starting to change…
13:10 The understanding of domestic abuse is finally evolving
13:52 The impact of this new understanding on lawyers and courts
18:09 The recommendations of the report
18:35 We have to do everything better to make the process safer
19:39 The role of NCDR and the right to choose
22:23 What practical things are needed to change to support victims / survivors?
26:53 The red flags of economic abuse
31:00 Recommendations for people who cannot afford legal support
38:00 What needs to happen next?
42:21 Expert advice for anyone dealing with domestic abuse
Additional information
Surviving economic abuse - https://bit.ly/3v7uAA4
Divorcing or separating from a narcissist - https://bit.ly/3ROxpyQ
Domestic abuse - how can a family lawyer help? https://youtu.be/bto4CXasGz0
Dealing with post-separation abuse - https://bit.ly/3veGwzR
Taking control of your finances on separation - https://youtu.be/CIp6n4pgd9k
You can read the full Resolution report on domestic abuse in financial remedy proceedings here.
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