Bringing abuse into the open

How the family courts refused to let an ex-MP shelter behind his child

In my column for this week’s Law Society Gazette, which you can read on page 11 of today’s digital edition, I explain why the courts allowed Andrew Griffiths, Conservative MP for Burton from 2010 to 2019, to be identified as a man who had used coercive and controlling behaviour to ensure that his wife submitted to his sexual demands — even though the fo…