“Whattaya Mean - Quo Vadis?": thoughts and aspirations for the future of family justice

Lord Justice Wall looked at the relationship between academia and the family justice system, and the benefits that have resulted.

He considered the existing family justice system and improvements which could be made, including a greater role for the children concerned wherever possible.

“If the adversarial, adult based system is inapt to provide for decisions relating to the welfare of children, why do we not change it? Why should we not recognise its unsuitability, tear it up, and start again? Why should we assume that children should adapt to the inappropriate rules we make for them, rather than adapt the rules to fit their needs?”