This article talks about a UK Newspaper's campaign to get law changed in the UK to protect women and children from abusive men. This is important and they proba

This article talks about a UK Newspaper's campaign to get law changed in the UK to protect women and children from abusive men. This is important and they probably have a good point: far too many women are killed by partners and ex partners; far too many children are killed by parents and step parents. One of the examples they're using is the Victoria Haigh case. She alleged that her ex-partner was sexually abusing their child. The family courts (who only need to find this proved on the balance of probabilities) couldn't say that he had done so, and found in fact that he hadn't done so and that the allegations were malicious. She didn't stop making the allegations and the father had to go to court, repeatedly, to have the court orders enforced. This ended up with her being jailed for ignoring the court orders and continuing to make contact with the child. Haigh was using a McKenzie Friend. These people are not qualified nor registered and often don't have any insurance. They're meant to be an actual friend who sits with you in the court room, handing you the papers and just being there. They must not provide legal advice and they usually don't get to address the court. Because of the lack of legal aid in English Family Courts we're seeing more people using McKenzie Friends, and because of a variety of campaigning groups (covering the wide range of MRAs, extremist Christians, etc) we're seeing a lot of McKenzie Friends who are ideologically driven. Haigh's McKenzie friend was also jailed for interfering with the court orders. The article briefly mentions the Hampstead satanic abuse allegations. This is a conspiracy theory / hoax that says ritual satanic sexual abuse of children is common. It has caused immense harm. https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/ https://hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/ http://barristerblogger.com/2015/03/24/the-hampstead-so-called-satanic-cult-should-be-a-warning-to-the-credulous/ http://barristerblogger.com/2015/03/24/the-hampstead-so-call... It's really worrying that the newspaper is using this example to support their case, because there are plenty of others that don't involve abusive women.