Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the Commercial Court, changes in that context occurred without any constitutional or legislative change. There was just a change in the rules of court. Does Dr. Shannon think it appropriate, as in the case of the Commercial Court, that the family law courts should play some type of filtering role in deciding what court a case should be heard in? I say that because at present litigation, particularly family law litigation, is determined by the lawyers who bring the case. They decide where it goes and the pace of it, to a certain extent. Does Dr. Shannon think the courts should have more of a supervisory and monitoring role regarding what happens with cases?