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 …
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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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Abolish Wishes and Feelings Reports!
This is an argument advocating the abolition of Wishes and Feelings reports
Re L 2019
A useful recent case on parental alienation from Lord McFarlane, President of the Family Division
Another Tearful and Wholly-Deserving Father – The Case of ‘A’
Introduction Today I am looking at yet another parental alienation case that’s gone badly wrong. I will be analysing this and attempting to attribute blame – because, by God, some blame needs attributing. If this case doesn’t get you angry and sad in equal measure… The case is called ‘A’, and can be found here …
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PA and DV
Parental Alienation (‘PA’), Domestic Violence (‘DV’) and False Allegations Introduction We have been hearing a lot recently about ‘Parental Alienation’. My aim today is to offer a brief guide as to the condition, and what we can do to combat it. I argue that PA is nothing less than the psychological abuse of a child. …
PA, DV and the Danes
I was interested to read this piece on the interweb about problems in Denmark, related to domestic violence (‘DV’) and PA, which seem, for better or worse, to be inextricably linked. As you will see, the piece was written regarding a new book published in Denmark (and doubtless elsewhere) called “The Biggest Power Pig Wins” …
Judicial Cowardice
OK, so, more thinking, more theories. Still trying to get in the head of the judge… I think we can make a simple case for the explanation of why judges are as useless as they are. This time, the reason is political. The reason is cowardice. This theory emanates from my memory of when my …
The Life of a Family Court Judge
Are our judges simply BORED?
The Winds of Change?
Are we getting somewhere? Are the times a changin’? I was much-chuffed to read the judgement in Re L 2019. My feeling is that we are starting to see some judicial enlightenment on this subject. In this case, the mother was found not to have alienated the child from the father. Nevertheless, the child was …
