Delivering a lecture at Liverpool University Sir James Munby said problems with the current structure of family courts were responsible for delays, added cost and additional stress for families involved in cases.
He said that very often the families and children who find themselves before the courts are the victims of multiple difficulties and deprivations, be they economic, social, educational, employment, housing and health, but the family courts are not doing enough to help address them.
"These are families desperately seeking social justice," he said.
"We should be treating such families holistically, but, too often, far too little time is spent identifying the underlying problem or, more typically, problems and then setting out to find a solution for the problems.
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