Making family judgments accessible to parents and children

Rachel Chapman, Barrister, No 18 Chambers

The Court's judgment is no doubt the most important and valuable part of a Family Law matter. For lay clients, as well as children, a judgment has the ability to completely change their life moving forward. Yet with so much that now needs to go into a judgment to make it thorough, judgments can often be lengthy and sometimes with complex language; legal or otherwise.

This article considers the importance of making judgments in the Family Court accessible to all who use the Family Justice system, and shows important examples of how that accessibility can be achieved in different ways, as well as demonstrating how it is also developing in line with modern technology.