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Introduction. The context ? FJC PaperThe legal frameworkCurrent practiceProposals for practice. What's behind all of this?. Discourses and constructions of childhoodQuestions about the system and practitionersThe participation agenda ? children's rights and children's agency. Research, commen
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1. Ann Potter
Senior Lecturer
Manchester Metropolitan University The right to be seen as well as heard? Contemplating the direct involvement of children & young people in family proceedings
2. Introduction
The context FJC Paper
The legal framework
Current practice
Proposals for practice
3. Whats behind all of this?
Discourses and constructions of childhood
Questions about the system and practitioners
The participation agenda childrens rights and childrens agency
4. Research, commentary & case law
Children as witnesses
Judges interviewing children
The role of the FCA
Perspectives on participation
Childrens perceptions of participation and decision making
5. Challenges and assumptions
Wishes and feelings an objective truth?
Interpretive filters
Childrens rights and the welfare principle: myths around agency and decision making?
Practical challenges: courtrooms and judges chambers as children's spaces
6. Effective Practice & the participation agenda Clarity of purpose
Creativity
Conscious awareness of the influences of ideology & dominant discourses
Participatory research
7. References & Further Reading Ang, F., Berghmans, E., Cattrijsse, L., Delens-Ravier, I., Delplace, M., Staelens, V., Vandewiele, T., Vandresse, C. & Verheyde, M.; 2006; Participation Rights of Children; Antwerpen-Oxford: Intersentia
Archard, D.; 2003; Children, Family & the State; Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Crichton, N; 2006; Newsline: Childrens Involvement in Court; in Family Law Vol 36: 170 (2)
Crichton, N; 2006; Listening to Children; in Family Law Vol 36: 849
Davis, L.; 2007; In Practice: Children in Court; in Family Law Vol 37: 65
Family Justice Council (Voice of the Child Sub-Group); March 2008; Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Proceedings: Starting the Debate; www.family-justice-council.org.uk
Hale, B.; The Voice of the Child; International Family Law Journal [2007] IFL 171
Invernizzi, A & Williams, J; 2008; Children & Citizenship; Sage
Lowe, N.; 2001; Childrens Participation in the Family Justice System Translating Principles into Practice; in Child and Family Law Quarterly Vol 13: 137
8. References & Further Reading (cont.) Macdonald, A.; The Voice of the Child: Still a Faint Cry?; Family Law [2008] 648
Marshall, K.; 1997; Childrens Rights in the Balance: The Participation-Protection Debate; Edinburgh: The Stationery office
Parkinson, P., Cashmore, J. & Single, J.; Parents and Childrens Views on Talking to Judges in Parenting Disputes in Australia; International Journal of Law, Policy & the Family [2007] 21 (84)
Parkinson, P. & Cashmore, J.; Judicial Conversations with Children in Parenting Disputes: The Views of Australian Judges; International Journal of Law, Policy & the Family [2007] 21 (160)
Raitt, F.; 2004; Judicial Discretion and methods of Ascertaining the Views of a Child; in Child and Family Law Quarterly Vol 16: 151
Raitt, F.; 2007; Hearing children in family Law proceedings: can judges make a difference?; in Child and Family Law Quarterly Vol 19: 204
Raitt, F.; 2007; Robust and Raring to Go? - Judges Perceptions of Child Witnesses; in Journal of Law & Society Vol 34:4 pp465-488
9. References & Further Reading (cont.) Roche, J.; 2002; The Children Act 1989 and childrens rights: A critical reassessment; in Franklin, B (Ed); The New Handbook of Childrens Rights: Comparative Policy and Practice; Routlegde
Speech of Judge Peter Boshier; The Inaugural International Family Justice Lecture; London 3rd June 2008; www.justice.govt.nz/family/publications/speeches
Speech of Sir Mark Potter President of the Family Division; The Voice of the Child: Childrens Rights in Family Proceedings; Israel 4th May 2008; www.judiciary.gov.uk/docs/speeches
Timms, J. & Thoburn, J.; 2003; Your shout! A survey of the views of 706 Children & Young People in Public Care; London: NSPCC
Timms, J., Bailey, S. and Thoburn, J.; 2007; Your shout too! A survey of the views of children and young people involved in court proceedings when their parents divorce or separate; London: NSPCC
10. Selected Case Law
B v B (Minors) (Interviews and Listing Arrangements) [1994] 2 FLR 489
Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112
LM (By her Guardian) v Medway Council, RM & YM [2007] EWCA Civ 9, [2007] 1 FLR 1698
Mabon v Mabon [2005] EWCA Civ 634
Re M ( A Child) (Care Proceedings: Witness Summons) [2007] EWCA Civ 9
Re O & ANOR (Children: Care Proceedings Evidence) [2003] EWHC 2011 (Fam)
Re P (A Minor) (Witness Summons) [1997] 2 FLR 447
Re R (A Minor) (Residence: Religion) [1993] 2 FLR 163, CA
R v B County Council & , ex parte P [1991] 2 All ER 65