Address to the Area Justice Forums conference

Sir Mark Potter says he is determined to champion the work of the family courts within the legal justice system. He is moving to implement a process of considerable change within the family justice system as the Family Proceedings Courts become part of a unified family court and he talks about proposed developments.

“One of my real concerns as Head of Family Justice is to fight the corner of family business which has traditionally played second fiddle to crime in the queue for resources and in its claims to the attention and expertise of those responsible for administering the magistrates’ courts. I am determined that that should change under the new regime.”