Children Over 10 Invited to Express Their Views in Family Court Hearings
Justice Minister Simon Hughes recently spoke at the Family Justice Young People’s Board ‘Voice of the Child’ conference, recognising the group’s calls to allow children and young people to have more of a say on what happens to them within the family justice system. The young people’s representative group have drawn attention to the fact that children are too often ‘pushed and pulled’ through the family justice system, and given very few choices regarding their future. The government is now committed to ensuring that children over the age of ten will be involved in family court hearings in England in Wales, with the opportunity to make their views known to judges. At the second annual FJYPB – ‘Voice of the Child’ conference, ...