Right to Equality has undertaken a two-year campaign to end the current presumption of contact within the family court. This blog written by Right to Equality Staff, Allison Quinlan and Safa Haroon explores this presumption as well as the concept of "Parental Alienation" and the how it can cause more harm than good, calling for a more nuanced and evidence-based approach to how the courts address family dynamics when such issues are raised. To learn more, read on...

Elicia Maxwell, BAME female law student at the University of Birmingham and member of the Race and Rights pro bono group aims to become a barrister in the future working in the fields of youth justice, terrorism, and firearms. She writes about the constant struggles women still face at the Bar but also how influential women in law have overcome them. An excellent insight from an aspiring Barrister...

Ninety-nine years on from Dr Ivy Williams’ call to the Bar in May 1922, formal equality for women in the profession has yet to translate into practical equality. Women are under-represented among QCs . Women barristers earn, on average, less than their male counterparts even taking into account seniority, specialism and geography. Women from minority backgrounds earn less still. And many women pupils and barristers experience bullying or harassment – far more than report such treatment to the Regulator. So why has close on a century of formal equality failed to produce equality of opportunity or outcome for women barristers? And what is the role and responsibility of the Regulator – the Bar Standards Board – in putting this right?