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4:03pm Friday 18th April 2008
Angry dads have paid a visit to the Barnes home of a high court judge and claim they will continue until "fathers have justice".
A protest was held by 35 members of Fathers 4 Justice (F4J) outside the home of Judge Paul Coleridge, in Melville Road, on Saturday, April 12, over his condemnation of the Government for failing to act over family breakdown and teenage deaths.
Former Richmond resident and F4J member Mark Harris said: "It sticks in my throat to see this man passing the buck in this way because his family courts fail.
"My case took 10 years of litigation, 133 court cases and £1million of taxpayers money wasted. If Coleridge and the previous 32 judges had done their job in the first place, none of this farce would have taken place."
Leader of F4J Matt O'Connor spoke to Judge Coleridge over the phone. He allegedly refused to leave his house to meet protesters and complained that the demonstration was an inconvenience to his neighbours.
However, he did agree to meet Mr O'Connor and a few other members in his court chambers to discuss the contact rights of fathers after divorce and separation.
One F4J member, currently involved in a legal battle over his children, said: "We'll be back in far larger numbers next time if he doesn't listen, and he won't be given notice that we are coming."
The Richmond and Twickenham Times attempted to contact Judge Coleridge but he was unavailable for comment.
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Nick Wilson, London says...
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Posted by:Dawn, London on 3:42pm Wed 23 Apr 08
I fully understand the plight of loving fathers that have lost contact with their child/children and it is very sad. What absolutley sickens me is those fathers that pretend that they are good loving parents and make out that they did nothing wrong etc and it was their ex partner that has kept them from seeing their child/children etc.There are two sides to every story and mothers can be far from perfect to. My daughter has been traumatised by her father and still has nightmares at 14 because of him but i have not gone to papers and various websites running him down like he has me. I am above that . So it makes me wonder what do they have to HIDE when they do this sort of thing.I too have had threatening e-mail from F4J but at the end of the day it is about my child and her best interests and i will go out of my way to protect my child from these type of people. All i can say f4j dosen't know some of their members very well at all.
I fully understand the plight of loving fathers that have lost contact with their child/children and it is very sad. What absolutley sickens me is those fathers that pretend that they are good loving parents and make out that they did nothing wrong etc and it was their ex partner that has kept them from seeing their child/children etc.There are two sides to every story and mothers can be far from perfect to.
My daughter has been traumatised by her father and still has nightmares at 14 because of him but i have not gone to papers and various websites running him down like he has me. I am above that . So it makes me wonder what do they have to HIDE when they do this sort of thing.I too have had threatening e-mail from F4J but at the end of the day it is about my child and her best interests and i will go out of my way to protect my child from these type of people. All i can say f4j dosen't know some of their members very well at all.
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James Munby, Twickenham says...
7:40pm Fri 18 Apr 08
These Judges have the Children Act, which intended shared residence for separating parents, backed up by the Contempt Act which can enforce any court order. But these overpaid family court judges refuse to apply the first for fathers, and the latter upon mother who break court orders. They should be named and shamed like this for failing to do the jobs they are so well paid to do (in excess of 200k per year).
I've read the book written by the protest leader Mark Harris and his daughter which goes under the title 'FAMILY COURT HELL'. The book is referred to in the photo on the main banner. A truly excellent but shameful read which exposes the farce and corruption of what takes place in these secret courts. The daughters' story makes compelling reading.
Keep up the pressure, F4J, one day justice will win through!