Championing Fairness, Transparency and the Rights of the Child
Who Are We?
SAFE Family Courts Scotland was founded as a collective voice for families who have been failed by a system that operates in the shadows.
Our core leadership and founding group bring a unique combination of professional expertise—including legal training (LLB from the University of Glasgow) and decades of experience as educators dedicated to the wellbeing and development of children—alongside the unvarnished reality of lived experience within the Scottish Sheriff Courts.
Following personal journeys through post-separation legal proceedings, our founders recognised a critical gap in Scotland: while many organisations focus on helping individuals leave abusive relationships, far fewer address what happens afterwards. Too often, the very systems intended to protect families can be manipulated, revealing widespread systemic vulnerabilities. The potential consequences of these blind spots for children and protective parents are deeply concerning.
We refuse to sit by while family courts are weaponised like this. Through SAFE, we are mobilising a movement to bring transparency to these private proceedings, hold the system accountable, and ensure that 'Children’s Welfare First' becomes more than just a phrase—it must become the absolute standard.
We are fighting for our own children, but this mission is for every child and every parent caught in this system. Together, we believe we can build a fairer, more accountable Scotland.
Our Commitment
SAFE Family Courts Scotland was established to address systemic failures in family court proceedings where children’s voices are often overlooked and justice is compromised. Our mission is rooted in demanding factual transparency, ensuring child advocacy remains central, promoting evidence-based fairness, and eradicating abuse through coercive control perpetrated in post-separation settings. We believe that justice must be clear, credible, and compassionate.
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