In February 2024, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory (NFJO) published a report entitled Uncovering private family law: how often do we hear the voice of the child? The report explores the extent of children’s participation in family proceedings and reiterates previous findings that, in many cases, children’s voices appear entirely unheard in private law proceedings.
In this article, knowledge lawyer Carla Ditz and knowledge paralegal Jess Orrells consider the voice of the child in proceedings and the key findings of the NFJO report.