He Said, She Said

Truth, Trauma and the Struggle for Justice in Family Court

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He Said, She Said

By: Charlotte Proudman

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'Required reading' CATHY NEWMAN
'Inspiring and uplifting' VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE
'A rallying cry and a beacon of hope' LUCIA OSBORNE-CROWLEY

If you and your family needed help, could you trust the law to be on your side?

Barrister Charlotte Proudman has seen countless women let down by the very courts meant to protect them - dismissed, disbelieved and left unsafe, while their abusers are given the benefit of the doubt. Her own experience of misogyny within the profession reveals a deeper truth: a justice system designed by men, still tilted against women. In He Said, She Said, Proudman lays bare the prejudice at the heart of family law. Through cases of forced marriage, domestic abuse, child abduction and FGM, she exposes a culture of bias - and calls for urgent, lasting change.

Charlotte ProudmanCharlotte ProudmanWeidenfeld & Nicolson

Abuse

Domestic Partner Abuse

Dysfunctional Families

Gender Studies

Judicial Systems

Law

Parenting & Families

Relationships

Social Sciences

Abuse Domestic Partner Abuse Dysfunctional Families Gender Studies Judicial Systems Law Parenting & Families Relationships Social Sciences

Critic reviews

A triumph. Proudman is a brave outspoken barrister. Here she exposes the rooted biases that harm women and children in the family courts; her searing analysis puts the system in the dock but also provides a roadmap for reform. Press this book into the hands of policy makers, politicians . . . and every judge (BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY)

Proudman is a fearless campaigner for women's rights, unafraid to tackle misogyny wherever she sees it. Her indictment of the inequalities in the legal system should be required reading by lawyers and lawmakers alike (CATHY NEWMAN)

This important book will shock you. And you will also be inspired and uplifted by the countless women who don't and won't give up (VICTORIA DERBYSHIRE)

An indictment of a legal system that protects abusers at the expense of survivors. Charlotte Proudman exposes the biases and institutional failures that silence women and endanger children with clarity and conviction. He Said She Said is a call to action (CAROL VORDERMAN)

This remarkable book offers a compelling and insightful examination of the devastating impact of misogyny. Drawing from real-life experiences - both her own and those of her clients - Proudman exposes injustices that have remained hidden for far too long. A powerful and necessary revelation (CHERIE BLAIR CBE KC)

A profoundly urgent, necessary book that everyone must read . . . a much-needed intervention in our national conversation around the justice system and the myriad ways in which it fails and silences women. He Said, She Said is an inspiring and moving call to arms, a rallying cry and a beacon of hope (LUCIA OSBORNE-CROWLEY)

Proudman's eloquent arguments, scholarship and first-hand experience of fighting for justice for women and their children makes this book essential reading. As inspirational as it is shocking in its revelations of prejudice and misogyny, Proudman gives us an invaluable bird's eye view into processes that, until recently, were conducted in secrecy. Combining memoir with case illustrations, the book is beautifully written, informative and rightfully disturbing (ANNA MOTZ, author of A LOVE THAT KILLS)

Phenomenal. An exposè of the misogyny embedded in the family court system, exposing how it routinely fails to protect victims while enabling abusers. Drawing on real accounts from women forced to navigate these hostile legal battles, Proudman reveals a system where survivors are disbelieved, silenced and retraumatised. This is an urgent and necessary read, one that shows the truth surrounding family courts and demands change (PATSY STEVENSON)

Proudman carefully dissects the misuse of the family courts by perpetrators to pursue domestic abuse survivors and their children. A must read for anyone seeking to build a society safe for women and girls (APSANA BEGUM MP)

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The book is interesting, well written, and shines a spotlight on how badly the legal system treats women, It would have been a much better listen with a professional narrator - unfortunately through her intonation the author signals what your reaction should be to the upcoming material before you hear it; actually as a listener I want to make my own mind up on that. Also there are many places where the narrated word flow is not correct. Despite these issues (and to be fair the narration improves in the second half of the book) the book succeeds in getting its important message across.