Where’s the fury? Unnecessary family court taxpayer burden

From time to time over the years I’ve read semi-hysterical news articles quoting self-appointed protectors of taxpayer money expressing fury at apparent wasting of public funds on a whole raft of things. 

Now maybe there are no headlines to be had from highlighting any excessive and ‘wasteful’ public spend on family courts.  

After all for some it’s easier to complain about the BBC licence fee or the investment of UK money in developing countries. 

But recent public comments made by His Honour Judge Wildblood QC would I am sure be enough to inflame most taxpayers. If only they knew. 

Judge Wildblood’s 25 September judgement laid bare the extent to which court lists are being filled by interim private law hearings that should and could be settled out of court. 

He cited some issues he had been called on to deal with in court. They included which parent should hold the children’s passports how Sunday afternoon contact should be arranged and at which motorway junction a child should be handed over for contact. He made it clear these were just examples: that he and other judges have faced similar...

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