'Amateur' Family Courts

I often wonder what the average member of the public would say if they were told that many of the decisions made by our Family Courts were made by people who had had little or no experience of the Family Courts system prior to their appointment. At the bottom of the system we have the Family Proceedings courts with their lay magistrates, who have never even practiced law. Then we have District Judges and Judges who often haven't any (or any recent) experience of dealing with family matters. Last but not least we have the President of the Family Division who was primarily a commercial lawyer! I'm not saying that any of these people are doing a bad job, but in most other walks of life experience is a prerequisite.