A senior family judge has attacked the present system of family courts run by a “self-selecting great and good and a professional judiciary” as out of tune with society.
Mr Justice Ryder, the most senior family judge on the northern circuit and a leading reformer, has called for an overhaul to make family courts open and in touch with the public.
The judge, who sits on a committee advising the Lord Chancellor in cases involving children in care, said: “We are at a crossroads in family justice.” (more)