Stopping Violence Services welcomes the announcement that the Law Commission is reviewing the Courts System.

‘The Family Court in particular has recently been subject to ill informed attacks.’ Said Paul Prestidge, the Executive Officer. These have mainly been made by a small but vocal group men that have restricted access to their children because of their violence, and their supporters. ‘In our view the Family Court works well to protect the best interests of children, often where they are being used as pawns in a battle between parents. Given that these are the difficult situations where parents have separated, it would be naïve to expect the Court’s decisions to satisfy all parties.’

‘We welcome this review. While we expect the Commission to recommend some changes, we have no doubt that this review will justify our confidence in the overall integrity of the family court system. We hope to make a submission to the Review in due course.’ concluded Paul Prestidge

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Gordon Campbell: On the Sony cyber attack

Given the layers of meta-irony involved, the saga of the Sony cyber attack seemed at the outset more like a snarky European art film than a popcorn entry at the multiplex.

Yet now with (a) President Barack Obama weighing in on the side of artistic freedom and calling for the US to make a ‘proportionate response’quickly followed by (b) North Korea’s entire Internet service going down, and with both these events being followed by (c) Sony deciding to backtrack and release The Interview film that had made it a target for the dastardly North Koreans in the first place, then ay caramba…the whole world will now be watching how this affair pans out. More>>