'It is effectively silencing women': Calls to reform in-camera rule in family law

A family law reporting project is underway in family courts across the country in a bid to improve transparency of the system

Senior policy co-ordinator with the National Women’s Council Ivanna Youtchak said there is no consistency across the country on how the in-camera rule is implemented. File picture

Behind closed doors in rooms across the country, victims of domestic abuse are engaged in ongoing battles of wit with their partner or former partner.

Also behind those closed doors, judges and lawyers are trying to untangle the same conflicts, as devastated parents fight for their children amid relationships shattered by coercion, fear, and dominance.