Just a thought. I’m not trying to be controversial or nuffing. But it did occur to me today that whilst the clamour for a presumption of equal parenting is all well and good (I agree its a solution that should be given serious consideration in most cases, but not that this should be elevated to [...]
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Musings on new fangled equality
Posted in stuff, tagged contact, discrimination, equal opportunities, equal rights, equality, fathers, parenting, residence on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »
F4J Relaunch
Posted in stuff, tagged campaigns, children, family court system, fathers, reform on June 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Pootling around on the internet in the light of this weeks horse painting shennanigans I came across Matt O’Connor’s new blog Father4Justice, the new F4J website (be warned, it looks nice but plays annoying music which won’t turn off) and facebook group for the recently relaunched Fathers 4 Justice. Matt O’Connor’s first substantive blog post explaining [...]
Permission Plus
Posted in stuff, tagged appeal, children, discrimination, family justice system, fathers on April 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Family Lore has alerted me to this curious decision of Lord Justice Wall on permission (RW v SW [2010] EWCA Civ 457 (29 April 2010)). Wall LJ adjourned off a father’s application for permission to appeal to a two judge court notwithstanding the fact that his own view was that the appeal had no reasonable [...]
Coming Soon to a Court Near You…
Posted in stuff, tagged campaigns, family court system, family justice, family justice system, fathers on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I should avoid the obvious opportunity to make a sexist remark about the inherent improbability of some men doing anything remotely useful with a hoover but it’s just slipped out. Apparently Batman and his specially modified hoover will be visiting the family courts soon to help clean them up. Excellent. I can’t tell you how much I am [...]
Plain Stupid
Posted in stuff, tagged family justice system, fathers, protest on March 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Some chaps ‘associated with’ F4J have apparently been arrested trying to get onto the runway at Heathrow this morning, reports the Telegraph. It has been suggested by Matt O’Connor that they may have been trying to ‘steal back the mantle’ from the Plane Stupid protesters. It’s unclear from the piece I’ve read whether he purports [...]
Just a thought about how often in intractable contact cases it is very difficult for parents to move on – not only because of the issues in the case themselves but because of the need to retain eligibility for legal aid – often a parent (typically a father) is unable to go out and look [...]
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