Family Courts Under Scrutiny
The incoming victims' commissioner, Claire Waxman, has called for an urgent review of all family cases involving Melanie Gill, an unregulated psychologist who has given evidence up to 200 times.
Waxman described the removal of children from their parents on the advice of unregulated experts as a "national scandal" comparable to the Post Office injustice.
Removal of children on the advice of unregulated experts is a "national scandal"
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) exposed that a high court judge overturned the evidence provided by Gill in a case where a woman's daughters were taken from her five years ago.
Author's summary: Urgent review of family cases involving unregulated experts is needed.