Senior judge, Mr. Justice Coleridge, a Family Division judge, said the consequences of break-ups for society are now so great, this can no longer be treated as a private matter. Action is needed, he said, to achieve a “fundamental change” in individual attitudes and behaviour to re-establish marriage as the “gold standard” for relationships. No one political party on its own could resolve the problems and only a national commission drawn from a wide constituency would have any chance of success, he said. Judge Coleridge sparked controversy last year when he said family relationships in Britain were in “meltdown”, likening the problem to a “cancer”. In his speech last night to the Family Holiday Association in Westminster, he blamed unrealistic expectations for the extent of disputes and breakdowns which “overwhelmed” family courts. “What is a matter of private concern on a small scale becomes a matter of public concern when it reaches epidemic proportions, especially where so many children are infected by it.”
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