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Legal profession hits back at Porter for ‘flawed’ Family Court merger
By Naomi Neilson|18 February 2021
No matter how the government tries to sell it, the legal profession holds fast to claims that the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court merger is “flawed” and based on “widely discredited” evidence that will only hinder the delays it sought to manage.
Despite years of criticisms from major legal bodies, expert commentary, responses from those at the top of the courts and evidence that the Family Court and Federal Circuit Court merger would only hinder the system even further, the government has approved it. While it has been marketed as a way to improve costs and delays, the legal profession has warned that it will only have detrimental consequences.