I wrote an email to my Lawyer detailing what had happened and told him I had recorded the whole thing on my watch. He then wrote to my W’s lawyer and today we received a reply which said that my W claimed I was abusive first and that I had refused to let her take any school uniform from the house, and that it was unacceptable that I was recording these interactions with my W. We are in the U.K. and it seems that without the consent of the other person, recordings are inadmissible in U.K. courts- regardless the recording still clearly shows that my W is happy to lie to her L.
I think the exception is that you might be able to use them in a family law court. My L warned W L that we wanted all copies of whatever W had recorded. No copies were given. However, I then recorded a couple. My L seemed fine about it. The judge won't care about school uniforms etc. They just want to know that the kids will be safe and well looked-after by each parent.
