A debate on January 29th in the House of Lords will be of particular interest to those who sit on the family panel.
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- 01. Feb. 2013. @ 13:16:36
Very grateful for this which I missed.
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TheJusticeofthePeace
- 01. Feb. 2013. @ 13:32:15
You`re most welcome
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- http://www.obiterj.blogspot.com
- 04. Feb. 2013. @ 00:17:55
Well done for spotting this and thanks for blogging it. Personally, I would like to see selected JPs specialising in family work. That is, selected for their general suitability for this type of work. I do not believe that any JP is suitable and, for that matter, not every lawyer is either. It's horses for courses.
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- 04. Feb. 2013. @ 15:21:53
Family courts appear cliquey enough and, together with CAFCASS, seem to adopt unpublished working practices which are therefore largely unscrutinised in general; and even on an individual case basis where lawyers are obliging to local norms. This opaqueness does not best serve applicants, respondents or children and a further move towards specialists within the judiciary would, I'm sure, exacerbate the situation. All JPs should have adequate training on the process so there are a healthy number of independent minds involved.
Family Law is interpretted, perhaps more than other law, with regard to contemporay social values. Where those values are the interpretation of a few - a dominant female/middle-class bias has been a criticism of the CAFCASS make-up - then more accountability is required.
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