Seeking Safety: The whole picture - keynote address for the National Resolution Domestic Abuse Conference
Speech by Sir Nicholas Wall, President of the Family Division
15/10/2010
Sir Nicholas Wall speaks about domestic abuse with regard to family cases.
"We all now know that domestic abuse knows no social or legal boundaries. It is found in every class and nation. It is pervasive. But judges, I suspect, came late to realise the true evil of its effects on victims and on children. The ethos of the Children Act 1989 was perceived by many, myself included, as non-blameworthy, un-recriminatory..."
