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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Brian Farmer

Women in refuges ‘at risk of having addresses revealed’

Abuse victims living in women’s refuges are at risk of having their addresses disclosed if they become involved in family court litigation, a judge has been told.

An organisation running a number of refuges told Mrs Justice Knowles, based in the Family Division of the High Court in London, that victims’ addresses can be inadvertently revealed when court orders are served.

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