Proposals for reform


 * Public judgements in all cases behind closed doors with option for parties to comment
 * Press to be encouraged to report Family Law cases (excluding children's names)
 * Judges to be named in all Reports of Family Law Cases
 * Independant and representative body to oversee complaints against lawyers and professionals in Family Court cases
 * Family Case Law to be reviewed by a representative body and removed where the spirit of the Law or indeed the Law itsself was not applied
 * Review of all Family Law procedures to be carried out by a representative body
 * The office of the President of The Family Court Division to be scrapped and replaced with a representative body
 * Family tickets to be withdrawn by the new body in cases where they so deem fit
 * New rules for benefits, pensions and child allowances to be put in place that are both child-focussed and gender neutral
 * Rules allowing LIPs to access assistance as per their own choice such as Advocacy and direct access to barristers