Media highlights
Natalie Page has dedicated over a decade to exposing systemic failures in family courts and holding institutions accountable for failing domestic abuse survivors and their children. Her groundbreaking investigations, reports, and advocacy have driven national and international conversations on coercive control, parental alienation myths, military domestic abuse, and family court reform.
Natalie’s work has been featured across major UK and international media, including the Daily Mail, BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, The Guardian, and Channel 4 Dispatches. She is regularly quoted as an expert on survivor experiences in the family justice system and has authored influential reports and guest contributions that have influenced policy and public awareness.
Featured Media Coverage
Daily Mail
“Failed by the MoD: The wives tortured by Army husbands using brutal battlefield techniques”
28 March 2026
Major exclusive feature on Natalie Page’s two-year investigation, The Brass Pass — a dossier of 52 harrowing cases revealing how elite military personnel used combat techniques (chokeholds, restraints) against their partners, with senior officers providing character references in family courts and the Ministry of Defence allegedly closing ranks. Extensive quotes from Natalie as the dossier’s author.
BBC Radio 4 – Woman’s Hour
“Battlefield techniques abuse” episode
April 2026
In-depth interview with Natalie Page (Director of Survivor Family Network) alongside survivors. The segment unpacked The Brass Pass findings, military welfare services supporting abusers in family courts, and the “Brass Pass” culture of impunity.
Listen to the episode
The Guardian
“Paul and Jack were murdered by their abusive father. Why had the family courts granted him contact?”
1 October 2024
Quoted as specialist paralegal and founder of Survivor Family Network on the presumption of contact in family law, systemic reluctance to prioritise domestic abuse evidence, and how abuse “changes shape” post-separation.
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The Guardian
Investigation into unregulated experts and parental alienation in family courts
12 June 2022
Featured in coverage of coercive control and the misuse of “parental alienation” claims against domestic abuse survivors in family proceedings.
Read more (additional context from campaign archives)
Channel 4 Dispatches – “Torn Apart: Family Courts Uncovered”
July 2021 (press coverage and documentary)
Quoted in official Channel 4 press materials and widely praised for contributions to the landmark investigation exposing family court practices that separate children from protective parents in domestic abuse cases. Natalie highlighted how parental alienation allegations are weaponised against victims. The film and her commentary sparked national debate and calls for reform.
Channel 4 Press Release
Domestic Abuse Commissioner UK – Guest Blog
“Transparency milestone in the family courts”
By Natalie Page (founder of #thecourtsaid and Director of Survivor Family Network)
Discusses lack of transparency in family courts, the impact on domestic abuse survivors, and the need for better data on child removals and outcomes.
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University of Manchester News
“Campaigning researchers celebrate law change on parental involvement in domestic abuse”
22 October 2025
Tribute to Natalie Page and fellow campaigners for their decade-long advocacy that contributed to landmark amendments in the Victims and Courts Bill protecting children from abusive parents in family proceedings.
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