Family Courts: Domestic Abuse
(asked on 7th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in ensuring that the judiciary are trained to adhere to Practice Direction 12J: Child Arrangements and Contact Order: Domestic Violence and Harm in all private law family proceedings where domestic abuse is alleged.
This question was answered on 19th September 2017
Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, responsibility for the training of judges rests with the Lord Chief Justice. There is no ministerial oversight of such training.