For a project revolutionising the judicial system's treatment of vulnerable families, it is not much to look at. A room with a few desks, the judge and his assistants at one end, the lawyers, care professionals and struggling parents at the other. We are in the Inner London Family Proceedings Court, not far from bustling Oxford Street.
But this is not just any hearing; it's a unique form of judicial process - the nation's first Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC). Based on a successful American model, it aims to break the cycle of parental drug and alcohol abuse resulting in children being taken into care.
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