There is very little justice in the Family Courts in England & Wales. It seemsironic that in Orwell's "1984" there was a Ministry of Truth while in today'sworld we have the Royal Courts of Justice. The lawyers seek to exploit the position ofseparated and divorced couples by using a system that enables them to hide behind secrecy- ostensibly in the interests of the children. As a result, unjust decisions cannot bebrought to the attention of the media and change is deferred. An ever increasingnumber of groups are forming as this situation affects more and more people, parents,grandparents and most of all the children who are themselves suffering inevitable damageby the wrongs inflicted on them by careless politicians, avaricious lawyers, wicked judgesand unscrupulous or stupid parents who (against the intention of the Children Act) arewrongly granted residence. With "residence" comes enormous power - which isperhaps inevitably abused, especially as the family courts almost never enforce theirjudgements whereby they have awarded minimal contact to the non-resident parent. We thinkthat is not always in the child's interests. The Courts are assisted by unqualified peopleworking for CAFCASS, a division of DFES whose advice is sometimes good, sometimes less so.
Links
Interesting sources
British &Irish Legal Information Institute
FamilyLaw Bar Association site
Judges' remarks
CAFCASS Documents
CSA Advice
www.nacsa.co.uk
Child Support Solutions.System House 17 Pershore Rd South, Birmingham, 0845-658 8683
Domestic violence
Don't give an Undertaking,even a voluntary one
Allegations should be heard or dismissed -
Education
"A guide to the law for School Governors"
http://www.parentcentre.gov.uk/
To get copies of the following, email [email protected]
Help Your Children Learn - Making the most of time with your child (HYCL/4)
Help Your Children Learn - How is your child doing at school? (Ref HYCL/5)
Help Your Children Learn - Making the most of formal meetings with teachers(Ref:HYCL/2)
Help Your Children Learn - Making the most of parents' evenings (Ref: HYCL/1)
Help Your Children Learn - Getting the most from school reports (Ref: HYCL/3)
Help Your Children Learn - A guide to supporting reading for parents of primaryschool children (HYCL/7)
Help Your Children Learn - A guide to supporting reading for parents of secondaryschool children (HYCL/8)
The Impact of Parental Involvement in Children's Education (Ref: LEA/0339/2003)
Involving parents, raising achievement (Ref: IPRA)
McKenzie friend
Sealey Guidelines on contact
Shared Residence 1
Shared Residence 2
War on secrecy in the family courts
UK Attorney-General seeks to imprison Dr Michael Pelling
THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL'S SUMMONS The criminal contempt summons issued by the UKAttorney-General on 12 December 2003 is produced here
KEY AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT Following this is oneof the key affidavits in support of the summons, by one Phillip Golding in the LordChancellor's Department [or "Department for Constitutional Affairs"], whichdescribes how Mr Golding carried out research at taxpayers' expense on the Internet togarner evidence about publication of the journal CONTACT and about Fathers 4Justice and other Groups and Websites supporting rights of children, fathers, andparents.
Dr Pelling bites back
Pelling summons
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