Our work archive

Annual Reports

Business Plans

Business Plan for 2007-08

Meetings with Stakeholders

Family Justice Council Event - Parents Forum [9 October 2007]
Family Justice Coucil Concurrent Planning Seminar [8 November 2007]

Speeches, reports, press notices and consultation papers

'Everybody's Business' - How applications for contact orders by consent should be approached by the court in cases involving domestic violence. Summary of the Family Justice Council's Report and Recommendations to the President of the Family Division [Article by Jane Craig. February 2007]
Report to the President of the Family Division on the approach to be adopted by the court when asked to make a consent order where domestic violence has been an issue (following Lord Justice Wall's report to the President on 14 February 2006) [December 2006]
Twenty-nine child homicides: Lessons still to be learnt on domestic violence and child protection
LJ Wall's report on consent contact orders in cases involving allegations of domestic violence [14 February 2006]
Speech at the Family Justice Council Launch [1 July 2004]
Press Notice: Improving Justice For Families [1 July 2004]
Consultation Paper: Promoting inter-agency working in the Family Justice System [March 2002] - outlined proposals for improving outcomes for families and children who come into contact with the family justice system by providing an effective mechanism for supporting inter-agency working. From this the Family Justice Council was conceived

Our responses to consultation papers

Response of the Children in Safeguarding Proceedings of the Family Justice Council to the Consultation on the Public Law Outline [17 September 2007]
Home affairs Committee - Inquiry into Domestic Violence. Submission on behalf of the Family Justice Council Diversity Sub - Committee [11 October 2007]
Home Affairs Committee. Domestic Violence Inquiry. Submission of the Family Justice Council [11 October 2007]
Response of the Family Justice Council to the Consultation paper "Confidence and Confidentiality - Openness in family courts - a new approach" [16 October 2007]
Family Justice Council Children in Safeguarding Proceedings Committee's Reponse to draft Children Act Guidance Volume 1 [16 October 2007]
Response of the Council to the Legal Services Commission Consultation on Funding Children's Care Cases [May 2007]
Response of the Council to the Legal services Commission Further Consultation Paper on Family Fee Schemes [April 2007]
Response to the Chief Medical Officer's Report [March 2007]
Response to the Care Matters Consultation paper [ February 2007]
Response to the HMCS Consultation Paper on Family Prodeedure Rules (CP 19/06). Annex 1 is attached [December 2006]
Response to the DCA Consultation Paper on Separate Representation of Children [December 2006]
Response of the Council to the Transparency Consultation Paper [10 November 2006]
Response of the Council to the Transparency Consultation Paper - Annex 1 - Questionaire [10 November 2006]
Response of the Council to the Transparency Consultation Paper -Annex 2 - Children's view on transparency [10 November 2006]
Response of the Council to the Transparency Consultation Paper - Annex 3 - Proposed Statutory Checklist [10 November 2006]
Response of the Council to the Review of the Child Care Proceedings Systems in England and Wales
Response of the Council to the Legal Services Commission Consultation Paper: Legal Aid: a sustainable future [12 October 2006]
Response to DCA Consultation: Disclosure of Information in Family Proceeding Cases Involving Children [18 March 2005]
Response to Legal Services Commission Consultation Paper - The Use of Experts - Quality, price and procedure in publicly funded cases [24 February 2005]
Response to the Consultation Paper - Promoting inter-agency Working in the Family Justice System [6 August 2004]