Family Justice Inquiry

23 February 2005

1 Introduction

2 Background

• The family court system
• The Current Legal Position in England and Wales
• Departmental responsibilities
• The Making Contact Work Consultation

3 The Green Paper

• The Government's proposals

4 The Court Process

• The adversarial system
• A presumption of contact and the issue of bias
• Shared Parenting and the views of children
• The position of grandparents
• Delay
• Tactical delays
• Resources
• Number of High Court Judges
• Case management

5 Mediation and other methods of dispute resolution

• Mediation
• The Family Resolutions Pilot Project

6 Enforcement

• Problems in enforcing court orders

7 The work of CAFCASS

• Proposals to change the role of CAFCASS

8 Safety issues

• Contact centres

9 Transparency

• Media coverage of the family courts
• Children Act 2004

10 Conclusion

• Conclusions and recommendations

Formal minutes

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