Family Law

Ginny L Whiteley, St Johns Buildings

This article grapples with the difficult and often frustrating area of parental alienation and intractable hostility. These issues are becoming more widely recognised and a number of recent judgments have included detailed consideration of the effect on children and families. In order to develop strategies to manage this type of case, it is first necessary to understand what is meant by these different but related concepts. This article considers not only definitions but examples of signs to look out for that might indicate that alienation or hostility are a feature in a case. There follows an evaluation of various approaches to remedying the problems of parental alienation and intractable hostility and a brief review of some recent cases in which these tactics have been employed with varying success.

The full article will be published in the February issue of Family Law. 

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