The 2004 Family Violence Act, the Safe At Home program and the Family Violence Risk Assessment Screening Tool used by Tasmania Police have come under fire for failing to provide balanced access to justice for both the accused and the complainant in situations of partner abuse.

Ms Jackson, the author of the 2004 legislation, said the act had saved lives.

"In the three years before the legislation was brought in, seven women were murdered," she said.

"All those women were known to police ... They weren't spur- of-the-moment things. Violence had been going on for, in many cases, years."

Ms Jackson said that in the six years since the new legislation was introduced, there had been just one murder in a family violence situation.

"I know there's still violence but the escalation of it, that's what the act is there for, to stop it getting totally out of hand.

"I would say it works for 95 per cent of cases and obviously the system has got to work to address those grievances too ... It may take time, but people get proper legal representation and eventually these people do get their day in court."

Tasmanian group Juries Against Illegal Laws last month filed a $200 million class action against Premier David Bartlett and the Director of Public Prosecutions, claiming damages under Section 46 of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act.

JAIL was inaugurated in 2008 to give voice to people who claim to be victims of false applications for family violence orders.

Justice advocate and barrister Greg Barns told The Sunday Examiner that he would like to see the Family Violence Act scrapped, citing conflicts of human rights and presumption of innocence.

The new Tasmanian Government said reviews had not flagged any major concerns with the act, while the Liberal party, before the March 20 election, said the review process itself was flawed in that major stakeholders were not consulted.