Evidence from NSPCC Scotland referred to their awareness of a case where an NHO was granted against an abuser but subsequently overturned when he obtained a contact order.iWritten submission Girijamba Polubothu of Shakti Women's Aid referred to the difficulty of applying NHOs in the context of a minority culture in which victims and their children may have extended family ties.iiiJustice Committee, Official Report, 13 June 2017, col. 25 Describing domestic abuse as "a parental choice", Heather Williams of Scottish Women's Aid said the courts needed to be more willing to consider refusing contact to parents who have abused their partner or ex-partner.ivJustice Committee, Official Report, 13 June 2017, col. 13
A number of submissions said that the Bill should also have made equivalent provision to that already in the Bill pertaining to NHOs in relation to NHOs and children who had experienced domestic abuse.ve.g.