NZ: Transparency will make Family Court accountable 

NZ: Transparency will make Family Court accountable

From http://www.peterellis.org.nz/FamilyCourt/2004-0327_NewstalkZB_Transparency.htm

Newstalk ZB

March 27, 2004

Transparency will make Family Court accountable

Union of Fathers believes opening up Family Court should be the first of many steps taken to improve proceedings

The Union of Fathers believes opening up the Family Court should be the first of many steps to improve its proceedings.

Principal judge Peter Boshier has suggested making the court more accessible to the media and wider family members.

The Union of Fathers argues the court discriminates against men.

Spokesman Bevan Berg believes fewer people would take domestic grievances to court, if its decisions were more well known.

He says transparency will make the court accountable to the public.

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