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Family Justice Reform

Recommendations for the Family Justice System

Key recommendations of the New Justice System for Families and Children report [PDF] include:

  • Continuing to move away from adversarial approaches and moving more deliberately towards co-operative approaches to the resolution of family law disputes.

  • Creation of Justice Services Centres offering information, needs assessments and referrals to other services.

  • A dispute resolution session before taking a first contested step in a court process.

  • Having lawyers help clients choose the most appropriate dispute resolution model and provide legal advice and services at all stages of a dispute.

  • Simplified procedures for family law, including new court rules, less formal hearings and use of online forms.

  • Subsidizing settlement systems rather than litigation.

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