It is accepted by child welfare experts, and it is the settled view of parliament that, in all but a small proportion of unusual cases, it is in the best interests of the child to have contact with both parents. This is undermined unless the word “reasonable” is implied in front of the word “contact”.

It should not require further legislation for the courts to start to adopt this position, indeed there are, perhaps, some encouraging signs that they are beginning belatedly to do so.

Could it be that both the UK and Scottish parliaments are tired of being asked to legislate on this contentious matter only to find their will defeated by the courts?

This very clearly expressed Opinion needs to be put in front of every judge in the country.