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Discuss the current position of the access of children to the court in family proceedings. Evaluate the ways in which the views of children are considered in proceedings. How efficient do you think out current system is in ensuring that children are represented adequately in family proceedings and has the Human Rights Act 1998 made any difference? Evidence your answer with statute, case law and other commentary. There are three ways in which a child may have direct involvement in the access to court in family proceedings. These include the child bringing proceedings through a solicitor through their own right, the child's 'next friend' normally one of their parents, who can bring the proceedings on the child's behalf, and the child's interests can be represented by a Guardian ad Litem.1 The current position of the access of children to the court characteristically via the Children's Guardian, usually an officer of...

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