80% of private family cases now have at least one litigant in person
If you can read a broadsheet newspaper or a non-fiction book, you can probably represent yourself in family court.
The legal profession has convinced ordinary people that family court is too complicated to navigate alone. It isn't. What they've done is monopolise the language and charge you to translate it back to you.
The complexity is manufactured. Watch the video and find out what they don't want you to know.
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Here Is What Happens To The Person Who Goes In Without This.
In the children hearing, they spend ten minutes explaining what their ex did wrong. The judge writes it off as the usual back-and-forth between two parties who cannot separate their feelings from the legal question. The contact arrangements, the welfare considerations, the stability issues: decided without the context the judge needed to hear. Not because the judge was unfair. Because the framework has one question and they answered a different one.
In the financial hearing, they argue about fairness. About who sacrificed more. About what they deserve. The judge applies the legal test: housing the children, the resources available, what is proportionate. The fairness argument does not appear in the judgment. The number that comes out is not the number they expected. And by then the money to challenge it is gone.
This is not bad luck. It is the predictable result of not knowing what the court is actually trying to decide.
The hearing is not where this is won or lost. It is won or lost in the weeks before anyone stands in front of a judge. That is the window. That is what Court Compass is for.
Meet John Junk LL.M.
Most people who help unrepresented people in family court have read about it. John has been inside it, in both jurisdictions, at every level from magistrates to the Court of Appeal, for thirty years. That is not a qualification you can study for. It is experience that only comes from being in the room when things go well and when they fall apart, and understanding exactly why.
John holds an LL.M in Access to Justice with Distinction from Ulster University, won the 2019 Department of Justice Northern Ireland Access to Justice Scholar Award, and as a first-year student beat hundreds of applicants from across Northern Ireland's universities in open competition to win an internship at an Ivy League law school. He has been a panelist on BBC current affairs programmes discussing family law in Northern Ireland. He was good enough that a barrister once tried to have him removed from a hearing on the basis that he was "no ordinary man." The barrister meant it as an objection. John took it as a compliment.
A McKenzie Friend supports someone representing themselves in court: practical help, note-taking, organising documents, quiet guidance during the hearing. What separates John from others who offer this service is the thirty years, the LL.M, the Court of Appeal experience in two jurisdictions, and the track record of people who walked in lost and walked out clear.
John Junk LL.M
McKenzie Friend • 30 Years • LL.M Access to Justice with Distinction • DOJ NI Access to Justice Scholar
- As a first year student, beat hundreds of applicants from across Northern Ireland's universities in open merit competition to win an internship at an Ivy League law school
- LL.M in Access to Justice with Distinction, Ulster University
- 2019 Department of Justice Northern Ireland Access to Justice Scholar Award
- Thirty years as a McKenzie Friend in family courts across England, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Granted leave to address the Court of Appeal in both England and Wales and in Northern Ireland
- Panelist on BBC current affairs programmes discussing family law in Northern Ireland
- Court Compass covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It does not cover Scotland.
"A barrister once objected to John acting as a McKenzie Friend on the grounds that John was no ordinary man. He was right. And he meant it as a reason to keep John out of the room. Because when John is in the room, the other side's chances go down."
The Numbers Tell Their Own Story.
of private family law cases now have at least one unrepresented party (Ministry of Justice)
of cases have neither party represented, up from 13% in 2013 (Ministry of Justice)
increase in cases with neither party represented between 2016 and 2023 (Law Society)
These are not people who chose to go it alone. Approximately 75 to 80% are there because they cannot afford legal fees. The system was built for lawyers. Court Compass was built for everyone else.
Solicitors Are Not Fans Of People Who Represent Themselves.
Major house builders are not fans of self-build.
The system works better when you buy from them. An individual who builds their own home is exercising a legal right the industry did not design for.
Estate agents are not fans of private sales.
You can sell your own home. The industry works better when you need them to do it for you.
Accountants are not fans of people who file their own self-assessment.
HMRC designed the online service for exactly that purpose. The model works better when the process feels too complicated to attempt yourself.
Family law solicitors are not fans of people who represent themselves. Not because self-representation does not work. Because it threatens their income.
John Works With Four Objectives.
- 1.The best possible result for you in the shortest possible time.
- 2.Leaving you with the most money.
- 3.The most time with your children.
- 4.Your sanity intact.
No adjournments for the sake of billing another session. No fees for going back to court repeatedly. The case concluded as quickly as possible so you can get back to your life.
Wherever You Are Right Now,
Court Compass Was Built For You.
Just starting out
Thinking About Separation
You want to understand what you are walking into before any lawyers get involved. Court Compass gives you that intelligence before you spend a penny.
Already in proceedings
You Need Clarity Now
Whether it is a child arrangements order, a financial remedy hearing, or a first hearing you did not expect: you need to understand what is happening and what the court actually cares about. Court Compass gives you that clarity right now.
Funds exhausted
The Money Has Run Out
You had a solicitor and the funds ran out mid-case. You are not starting from scratch. You are continuing with better support than you had before.
No representation
Representing Yourself From The Start
You never had the money for a solicitor. Representing yourself in family court is a legal right. Court Compass is the resource that should have existed the day this started.
"His solicitor's fees mounted until they were over £50,000."
John worked with a professional man. Educated. Intelligent. His solicitor's fees mounted over months until they were over £50,000. The client was stressed. Confused. And unclear about what was actually being decided. There were adjournments. Delays. Reports. Expert witnesses. And the costs kept rising.
Then he found John after seeing him on a BBC TV panel discussing family law in Northern Ireland. John helped him understand the framework. Helped him prepare. Helped him see what mattered and what didn't. The fog lifted. He knew which documents to gather. Which arguments to make. And how to present his case properly.
His total cost with John over four years was significantly less than one month with a solicitor and senior barrister. More importantly, he walked into court clear.
This reflects one case. Outcomes vary depending on complexity and circumstances. It is not a guarantee. But the lesson matters. Preparation changes how you think, how you speak, and how you present your case.
What that client learned is now available to you.
Knowing The Framework Exists Is Not The Same As Knowing How It Applies To You.
In children cases, the welfare checklist is not a box-ticking exercise. The way it applies to your specific contact arrangements, your allegations and counter-allegations, is different in every case. In financial cases, the framework covers housing, needs, resources, and what is proportionate. Either way, the position statement you submit before the hearing tells the judge what you want and why. Most unrepresented people write it like a letter to a friend. The court wants it structured in a specific way, addressing the specific legal question the hearing is there to decide.
John has read hundreds of position statements across both children and financial proceedings. He knows exactly what a judge sees when an unrepresented person submits one that does not answer the legal question. He also knows what the ones that work look like, and what the difference is between them.
One hour gives you case-specific intelligence. Not the general framework. Your documents. Your situation. The question the judge in your hearing will be trying to answer. And what you need to say to answer it properly.
John is not a solicitor. This is not legal advice. It is thirty years of direct experience in these specific courts, translated into preparation that changes how you show up.
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Two Questions You Should Ask Every Professional Before You Let Them Touch Your Case.
John asks these questions of every professional in a medical setting. A solicitor is about to make decisions that will determine how much time you spend with your children, how your finances are divided, and what your life looks like for the next decade. That is surgery on your family. Ask the questions. The ones who answer confidently and specifically are worth talking to. The ones who look at you like you have no right to ask are the ones to walk away from.
Before You Pick Up The Phone To A Solicitor, Read This.
The Numbers.
What the median UK full-time worker earns per day (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, October 2025)
What a trainee solicitor, someone not yet qualified, who can charge per hour (HM Courts and Tribunals Service Solicitors Guideline Hourly Rates, January 2026)
One hour of a trainee's time costs more than a full day of yours. A qualified partner can charge £400 an hour or more.
The Qualifications.
In England and Wales there is no legal requirement for a solicitor to hold any family law accreditation to take your private family case. In Northern Ireland the Children Order Panel applies only to public law care proceedings.
A fair few family law solicitors hold an undergraduate degree in something entirely unrelated to law, followed by a conversion course. No specialist panel membership. Your future and your children's future in their hands. At £300 an hour.
John holds an LL.M in Access to Justice with Distinction. Court Compass is £97 a month. You do the maths.
You Do Not Need A Rottweiler. You Need A Negotiator.
The proceedings drag on for months. Sometimes years. The costs spiral. If there are children, they watch their parents tear each other apart through lawyers' letters. And at the end of it those two people still have to share a life in some form: co-parenting, school events, family occasions. If it is a financial settlement, the money spent fighting is money that could have been kept by both parties. Either way, the Rottweiler does not bear the cost. You do.
The Rottweiler did not protect you. The Rottweiler got paid. What you actually need is someone whose aim is to get these proceedings over as quickly as possible, with your sanity intact, and without destroying relationships that your children need to survive.
"John has spent thirty years in the balcony. He knows what the performance looks like when it is going well and when it is falling apart. He knows what the person on the stage cannot see because they are too close to it."
The hearing is not where the case is won or lost. The case is won or lost in the days and weeks of preparation before anyone stands in front of a judge. In one negotiation John offered a minus number: a figure that went the wrong way entirely, and watched the other side realise in real time that they had completely misjudged their own case. The liability they believed was over £14,000 came down to £2,500. An 82% reduction. Not by compromising. By understanding the case well enough to shock them into seeing their own weakness.
Ten AI-Powered Tools. Thirty Years Of Knowledge.
Available The Moment You Book.
Designed to point you towards what judges actually care about. Not legal advice. Intelligence.
Case Opener
Diagnose what you're actually facing so you stop guessing and start preparing for the right fight.
Legal Letter Translator
Paste in any legal letter and get a plain English explanation of what it actually means and what you should do next.
Welfare Checklist Scorer
Shows what the judge looks for in child arrangements order applications and C100 proceedings, so you answer the right question.
Weight of Evidence Reality Check
Tests the strength of your arguments so you walk in prepared, not panicked.
Financial Settlement Estimator
See what may be realistic so you make decisions from clarity, not desperation.
Position Statement Builder
Helps you speak the court's language. Present your case the way the judge expects to receive it.
Welfare Report Analyser
Breaks down CAFCASS, Cafcass Cymru and GALA assessments so you understand what they are actually saying.
Cross Examination Prep Tool
Understand which questions may matter. Prepare what to ask and how to answer.
Court Prep Tool
Walks you through hearing procedure so nothing on the day catches you off guard.
Appeal Checker
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Questions People Ask Before They Book.
Is this legal advice?
No. John Junk is not a practising solicitor or barrister. Court Compass provides information, preparation, and support. That distinction is always stated clearly, because it matters. What John offers is thirty years of direct court experience translated into preparation. That is not the same as legal representation, and it does not claim to be.
Is a McKenzie Friend actually allowed in court?
Yes. The right to have a McKenzie Friend in civil and family proceedings is established in Practice Guidance issued by the Lord Chief Justice. Courts cannot exclude a McKenzie Friend without good reason and must give reasons if they do. John has sat in family courts across England, Wales and Northern Ireland at every level including the Court of Appeal. He has been granted leave to address the Court of Appeal in both jurisdictions.
What if my case is complicated? Will one hour be enough?
One hour gives you the framework, the case-specific intelligence, and clarity on your immediate next steps. You can use it in blocks across thirty days, so it stretches further than a single call. For sustained support across multiple hearings, the five-hour or ten-hour packages are available, and the monthly retainer exists for cases that run over an extended period. If your case is genuinely outside scope, you will be told before the session begins and not charged.
Why does AI belong anywhere near a family court case?
The Court Compass tools are not making legal decisions. They translate documents into plain English, test the strength of your arguments, walk you through hearing procedure, and point you at what courts actually consider. They are intelligence tools, not advice tools. John's thirty years of direct court experience shaped what they ask and how they respond. They exist to help you arrive at a session with John already oriented, so the hour is used for case-specific intelligence rather than basics.
What exactly do I get for £297?
One hour of John's time, used in blocks of your choosing across thirty days. Fifteen minutes now, twenty minutes next week, five minutes when something urgent comes up. Plus seven days of free access to all ten Court Compass AI tools from the moment payment clears. After seven days, Court Compass continues at £97 per month. Cancel anytime from your account. No lock-in, no automatic renewal trap.
What happens after the seven free days?
Court Compass continues at £97 per month, billed monthly. You can cancel at any time. There is no minimum term and no cancellation fee. If you cancel before the next billing date, you keep access until the end of the period you have paid for.
Will the court take me seriously without a solicitor?
Approximately 80% of private family law cases now have at least one litigant in person representing themselves. Courts deal with self-represented parties routinely. What matters is whether you understand the framework the court is applying and whether you answer the question the judge is actually asking. Preparation determines that far more than whether you have a solicitor standing next to you.
Can you help with a C100 form or child arrangements order?
Yes. The C100 is the application form used to start most children proceedings in England and Wales. Court Compass includes the Welfare Checklist Scorer and the Position Statement Builder, both designed for people navigating child arrangements orders and children proceedings. A session with John gives you case-specific guidance on how to present your application and what the court will be looking for at each stage.
Does this cover Scotland?
No. Court Compass covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland only. Family law in Scotland operates under a separate legal system and is not within scope.
Choose Your Level Of Support.
Most people start with one hour. It gives you the case-specific framework, the preparation plan, and immediate clarity on your next steps.
More hours are available if your case needs sustained support across multiple hearings. Every booking includes seven days free access to all ten Court Compass AI tools. After seven days, £97/month. Cancel anytime.
One Hour
one payment • £297/hr
One hour of focused, high-level insight with John, used in blocks: fifteen minutes now, twenty minutes next week, five minutes when something urgent comes up. You have thirty days to use it. After that, unused time expires. Ten Court Compass tools free for seven days, then £97/month.
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When You Need John In The Room.
There are moments when a call is not enough. John travels to your court, wherever it is in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, and sits beside you for the full day.
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From Terrified And Lost, To Clear And Prepared.
One hour with John. Ten tools. Thirty years of knowledge. Available the moment you book.
- ✓One hour of focused, high-level insight with John Junk LL.M, used in blocks over 30 daysFrom £297
- ✓Direct access to someone who has spent thirty years inside family courts watching what works and what doesn'tIncluded
- ✓Case-specific preparation: which arguments matter, which documents to gather, how to present your caseIncluded
- ✓Framework for how to conduct yourself in your specific hearing, so nothing on the day catches you off guardIncluded
- ✓Option to book John to attend court with you: preparation, attendance, and debrief available through the booking formIncluded
- ✓Court Compass: all ten AI-powered tools, free for seven days the moment you book and pay. Login details sent immediately. After seven days, £97/month. Cancel anytime. No lock-in.FREE 7 days (then £97/mo)
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The Guarantees.
Scope Guarantee
If your case is not within scope (family court in England, Wales or Northern Ireland), you'll be told before the session and you won't be charged. No grey areas.
Clarity Guarantee
You leave with a clear preparation plan and direct answers to what you came with. If you don't, we continue until you do. Nothing gets deferred.
30-Day Guarantee
If after your first conversation with John you do not feel you are a good fit, you are free to cancel within 30 days. No questions asked.
Eight Reasons People Do Not Book. And What Each One Actually Costs.
John hears these eight objections regularly. They are all understandable. They all have answers. And some of them, left unaddressed, lead to outcomes that could have been different.
1. "I cannot afford £297 right now."
The person who cannot afford £297 right now is often the same person who will spend the next three months unclear on what the court is actually deciding and why. Then a year in proceedings that drag on because they did not understand the framework. Then a result that could have gone differently with a different preparation plan. That pattern is not unusual. It is the common one.
A junior solicitor who is not yet qualified charges between £142 and £210 per hour plus VAT. A qualified partner bills from £250 to £400 or more, also plus VAT. A barrister instructed for a hearing day adds anywhere from £1,500 to £5,000 or more. In children's cases, a CAFCASS report costs nothing to produce but months to manage if you arrive at the hearing without understanding what the court will do with it. In financial proceedings, the difference between arguing fairness and answering the legal question the court is required to apply is not £297. It is measured in the outcome you walk away with.
The question is not whether you can afford £297. It is whether you can afford to walk into that building without knowing what you are doing.
2. "I do not have time for this right now."
The people who say they do not have time are, in John's experience, often the people spending that time on the wrong things. Reading the wrong forums. Arguing with the wrong people. Sending letters that will land badly because they do not know how the court will receive them.
One hour. In blocks across thirty days. Fifteen minutes this week. Twenty minutes next week. Five minutes when something urgent surfaces and you need to know whether it matters before you respond. That model exists precisely for people who do not have time. The person who keeps not having time is the person who arrives at the hearing still not knowing what the judge is actually deciding.
There is one practitioner and a finite number of sessions available each week. Waiting does not create more time. It reduces the window between now and the hearing date.
3. "My case is too complicated for one hour to make a difference."
The more complicated the case, the more it matters that you understand the framework. That is not a sales line. It is how courts work.
A straightforward case involving children, where both parties are cooperative and the paperwork is in order, requires preparation. A case with allegations, counter-allegations, a CAFCASS report you cannot parse, section 7 or section 37 concerns, and a contested hearing date already set: that requires the framework and someone who has seen the complicated version before.
John has thirty years of exactly this. He has been granted leave to address the Court of Appeal in two jurisdictions. He has worked at every level from magistrates upwards. Complicated cases are not the exception. They are the background he comes from. The five-hour and ten-hour packages exist for cases that need sustained support across multiple hearings. If your case is genuinely outside scope, the scope guarantee applies: you are told before the session starts and you are not charged.
4. "The other side has a solicitor. I am already at a disadvantage."
In some respects the unrepresented party has an advantage the represented party does not. The judge knows you are unrepresented. Adjustments are made. A solicitor who pursues an unrepresented litigant too aggressively in the courtroom looks bad to the judge. A submission from an unrepresented party that is clearly organised, clearly addresses the legal question, and clearly demonstrates the person understands what the hearing is there to decide: that lands differently than a submission from someone who looks confused and unprepared.
John has watched solicitors on the other side miscalculate this. The assumption that the unrepresented party does not know what they are doing is sometimes the other side's most exploitable weakness. In the negotiation mentioned earlier on this page, the other side had a solicitor. The client had John. The liability the other side believed was over £14,000 came down to £2,500. An 82% reduction. Not by compromising. By understanding the case well enough to show them what they had missed.
The question is not whether they have a solicitor. It is whether you understand the case well enough to neutralise what they think their advantage is.
5. "I have already spent so much on solicitors. What difference does it make now?"
The money already paid to solicitors is gone. That is not the question. The question is what happens at the next hearing and whether you are in a position to influence it differently than you were in the last one.
This is not starting from scratch. You have the case history. You have the documents. You have context John can work with from the moment the session begins. What changes is the framework for what comes next: which arguments now matter, which do not, and how to present what you have in a way the court will receive. That conversation starts from where you are, not from the beginning.
One session at £297 costs less than the VAT on a single letter from most solicitors. If the proceedings have not gone the way you needed, the preparation going into the next hearing is almost always the lever that changes it.
6. "What if it does not actually help?"
Three guarantees sit behind every booking. The scope guarantee: if your case is not within scope, you are told before the session starts and you are not charged. The clarity guarantee: you leave with a clear preparation plan and direct answers to what you came with, or the conversation continues until you do. The 30-day guarantee: if after your first conversation with John you do not feel it is the right fit, you can cancel within thirty days with no questions asked.
The professional man who had paid over £50,000 to solicitors and found John after seeing him on the BBC walked in with months of confusion and walked out clear. Not because John replaced the solicitor. Because John gave him the framework. The preparation plan. The specific next steps. That is the consistent pattern from people who arrive stressed and unclear and leave knowing what they are doing and why.
The risk of it not helping is covered by the guarantees. The risk of not doing it is covered by the hearing date you already have in the diary.
7. "Will the court take me seriously without a solicitor?"
Eighty percent of private family law cases in England and Wales now have at least one unrepresented party. Thirty-nine percent have neither party represented. Courts deal with litigants in person every single day. A judge does not dismiss a case because the person in front of them does not have a solicitor.
What the court notices is whether you understand the framework, whether your submission answers the legal question the hearing is there to decide, and whether you present clearly and in an organised way. Those three things are what preparation changes. Not representation. Preparation.
The people who are not taken seriously are the people who spend the hearing arguing about what their ex did wrong, or about fairness, or about what they deserve, when the judge has a specific legal test they are required to apply. In children's cases the welfare checklist is that test. In financial proceedings it is the section 25 factors. Go in answering the right question. That is what changes how the court receives you.
8. "Can I not find this information online for free?"
You can find the Children Act 1989 online. You can find the welfare checklist. You can find the financial remedy rules. You can find forum posts from people whose situations sound similar to yours and led to outcomes that may or may not have any bearing on what your court will decide.
What you cannot find online is how the specific facts of your case interact with the welfare checklist as this court is likely to apply it to your specific hearing. You cannot find how to structure a position statement that answers the legal question a judge in your type of case will be trying to decide. You cannot find what a judge in your jurisdiction actually sees when they receive a position statement that misses the mark, and what the one that works looks like by comparison. John has read hundreds of them.
Generic information tells you what the law says. A session with John tells you what it means for your case, your documents, and your next steps. Those are not the same thing. The people who arrive at court having read everything available online and still do not know what to say when the judge asks a direct question: that is the pattern Court Compass and a session with John exists to break.
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The Hearing Is Coming.
The Question Is Whether You Are Ready For It.
The decisions made in the next few months will shape how much time you spend with your children, how your finances are divided, and what your life looks like for the next decade. There is one chance to get the preparation right.
Book your session with John now. The window between here and your hearing is the only window that matters. Emergency calls within 24 hours are available from the booking page.
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P.S. The moment you book and pay, you receive login details for all ten Court Compass AI tools. Free for seven days. After that, £97 per month, cancel anytime, no lock-in. A client who has worked through the tools before their session arrives knowing the structure, the procedure, the terminology. The session is then used for the case-specific intelligence that only thirty years of direct practice can provide. It costs you less. That's the point.
P.P.S. Sessions start at £297. You can use your hour in blocks: fifteen minutes now, twenty minutes next week, five minutes when something urgent comes up. You have thirty days. After that, unused time expires. A junior family law solicitor charges between £142 and £210 per hour for someone not yet qualified. You decide what thirty years of direct practice in those specific courts is worth by comparison.
P.P.P.S. Emergency calls within 24 hours are available from the booking page. If you have a hearing coming up, do not leave this until the week before. There is one practitioner here and a finite number of sessions in the week.
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References: Ministry of Justice Family Court Statistics Quarterly. Law Society of England and Wales. ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings October 2025. HM Courts and Tribunals Service Solicitors Guideline Hourly Rates January 2026. Nuffield Foundation and Ulster University LiP Research Programme 2016 to 2023. Children Act 1989. Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. Practice Guidance McKenzie Friends Civil and Family Courts July 2010. Practice Note 3/2012 revised 7 June 2024 Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
Court Compass is not a legal advice service. The information and tools provided are for intelligence and educational purposes only. John Junk LL.M is not a practising solicitor or barrister. England, Wales and Northern Ireland only.