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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

Domestic abuse victims forced to wait in same rooms as alleged perpetrators at courts, barrister warns

The Bar Council has said that years of underfunding in family courts has hampered the government’s ability to tackle the issue - (Getty)

Victims of domestic abuse have had to share waiting rooms with the alleged perpetrators in “dilapidated” court facilities, with a lack of security compromising their safety, a leading barrister has said.

Ahead of Labour revealing its strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG), the Bar Council has said that years of underfunding in family courts has hampered the government’s ability to tackle the issue.

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