#BBC Law in Action needs our help !

If you have recently been, or are currently involved in the Family Law “system”, the BBC would like to hear from you.

Specifically if you’ve had dealings with CAFCASS.  They would like to know your experiences with CAFCASS and any thoughts you have on the visibility of Family Courts, now that the press are prevented allowed to report certain cases.  Any links to these would be most welcome, as it has been suggested that the courts are more stringent about reporting restrictions since the “opening” of the courts.

Please contact Lucy Proctor at the BBC either by telephone 020 8752 6194 or by email to lucy.proctor@bbc.co.uk

BBC 2, 11:20pm, 16 July 2009

A BBC programme entitled 'Death of Respect', in which Coleridge J has a part, is being shown tonight at 11.20pm on BBC 2.

The programme, which is about the state of family life in this country, could be well worth watching. It is very unusual for a High Court judge to take part in such a programme.

Is Britain broken, breaking or just fragmenting a bit round the edges?

John Ware asks what has happened to British values and behaviour over the last 50 years. As Britons, we lead Europe in everything from brand awareness and rates of obesity to public drunkenness, drug use, sexually transmitted infections and family breakdown. We also intervene less in acts of public nuisance while mutual mistrust between adults and children is growing. How ever did we get to where we are today? And how do we find our way again?