Opening the floodgates

In your article ‘More humane family courts planned’ (Jul 18) you say that “Families and children caught up in legal disputes will have a more humane, less costly, and more expert court system under proposed constitutional reforms”.

This indicates that the current system is not humane, is excessively costly and does not have the expertise required to deal with family law.

You quote the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter, as saying that “It’s about humanising the courts system and ensuring that the judges dealing with cases have the skills and training to do so”.