It occurred to me the other day that the family court has a unique role in the justice system of England and Wales (and most other Anglo-centric jurisdictions). This is because the family court, when considering the matter of child custody and access (to use the old terms) is not concerned with justice. Justice is …
Author Archives: neopolitic
Domestic Violence and Parental Alienation – and why judges always do the wrong thing
There is a somewhat disagreeable tension between domestic violence and parental alienation. I would like to try to analyse this, as it may well lie at the heart of the problem in getting PA recognised as a ‘thing’ – a proper psychological issue worth investigating. In order to do this, I think it would be …
Sleeping with the Enemy
I was reading recently about the American Civil War. Interesting. I came across this bit about Lincoln: “Historians have overwhelmingly praised the “political genius” of Abraham Lincoln’s performance as president. His first priority was military victory. This required that he master entirely new skills as a strategist and diplomat. He oversaw supplies, finances, manpower, the selection of generals, …
Judicial Meetings with the Child
What is the point of judicial interviews with the child
The Disgraceful case of ‘S’
What appears below is an amalgam of three cases – all concerning ongoing litigation about the same child. After more than a decade of litigation father is forced to give up on seeing his son again, and leave the court as just another ‘tearful and wholly-deserving father’. For my money, this is probably the most …
Lies, Damned Lies and Logico-Semantic Trickery
Judges and Social Workers are routinely complicit in child abuse. Let us consider all of the kinds of difficult private law cases involving children-related issues in the family courts. The courts have used the following phrases. These phrases have been used haphazardly and non-uniformly. I would like to reduce all this equivocation into a codified …
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Finding Parental Alienation
There has been much discussion about what the courts should do when it has made a ‘finding’ of Parental Alienation. Perhaps Parental Alienation must be thought of as a kind of child abuse. I certainly think so, as does June Venters QC, when she asks[1] “One issue that does concern me, and I know many …
Judicial Diversity
Lady Hale is shortly to retire as a judge. Well, not just any old common-or-garden judge. She is the head of the Supreme Court, the top judge. She’s the daddy. Well, the mummy. So, she has achieved all of that and at the same time has been, and continues to be, a woman through the …
Sexual Identity and the Mind/Body Problem
Intro We are all aware these days of people that wish to change gender. Such people feel, in essence, that, although they have a woman’s body, they ‘feel’ like a man (or visa versa). That is, that, although they appear to be female, they ‘identify’ as male. In essence, they have the wrong body. Or …
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Abolish Wishes and Feelings Reports!
This is an argument advocating the abolition of Wishes and Feelings reports
