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040 _aAFVC
100 _91599
_aMackenzie, Deborah
245 _a"Don't tell me your problems" :
_bthe Family Court complaints and appeals landscape
_cThe Backbone Collective
260 _bThe Backbone Collective,
_c2017
300 _aelectronic document (65 pages); PDF file: 4.31 MB
520 _a"When Backbone released its first Watchdog report ‘All Eyes on the Family Court’ in April 2017, we outlined issues that women had told Backbone they experienced in the Family Court including that the Family Court was closed and secretive, lacked accountability and transparency and the complaints systems did not work. Principal Family Court Judge - Laurence Ryan and Minister for Justice and Courts – Amy Adams, publicly responded stating that Backbone was incorrect to suggest the Family Court is closed, and unaccountable. They said that women had access to ways to review the Family Court proceedings via appeal and the Judicial Conduct Commissioner if they were not happy. Having now examined the appeal process and the multiple complaints mechanisms available (or not), Backbone is as convinced as ever that the Family Court is a law unto itself – it is closed, secretive and unaccountable and the complaints processes available are ineffective. Our overall findings in this report show that there is no independent authority tasked with monitoring and overseeing the Family Court and reviewing/regulating its outcomes."(From the Executive summary). Record #5580
650 _aABUSED WOMEN
_925
650 _aDOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9203
650 _aFAMILY COURT
_9241
650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
_9431
650 _aJUSTICE
_9333
650 4 _aVICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
_9624
651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
_92588
700 _91344
_aHerbert, Ruth L.
710 _96652
_aThe Backbone Collective
856 _uhttps://www.backbone.org.nz/s/Complaints-and-appeals-watchdog-report-12-Sept-2017-FINAL.pdf
856 _uhttps://nzfvc.org.nz/news/backbone-releases-report-family-court-appeals-and-complaints
_yNZFVC news item
942 _2ddc
_cREPORT