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.
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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.
Posted by: James Munby, Twickenham on 7:40pm Fri 18 Apr 08
So glad to see Fathers 4 Justice are back on the campaign trail against the utter corruption of the secret family courts.
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!
So glad to see Fathers 4 Justice are back on the campaign trail against the utter corruption of the secret family courts.
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!
[bold]bold[/bold] well done to f4j for highlighting this problem. judges must show the father more recognition of his duties and what a father can bring to a childs life.
i've read "family court hell" and feel sorry for mr. harris who had to endure years of discrimination in his bid to fight to see his daughters.
i shall be contacting gordon brown to bring an end to this farcical state of affairs in the family courts.[bold]bold[/bold]
well done to f4j for highlighting this problem. judges must show the father more recognition of his duties and what a father can bring to a childs life.
i've read "family court hell" and feel sorry for mr. harris who had to endure years of discrimination in his bid to fight to see his daughters.
i shall be contacting gordon brown to bring an end to this farcical state of affairs in the family courts.
[bold]bold[/bold] having endured years of torment from f4j over the years including the notorious roof top protest on my roof, i am coming to the conclusion that fathers have been treated unfairly.
ive also read "FAMILY COURT HELL" and i can sympathise with mr. harris and all other dads that have been affected by this plight. i too will like to pledge my support of fathers as they bring an invaluable element to the development of a child.
having endured years of torment from f4j over the years including the notorious roof top protest on my roof, i am coming to the conclusion that fathers have been treated unfairly.
ive also read "FAMILY COURT HELL" and i can sympathise with mr. harris and all other dads that have been affected by this plight. i too will like to pledge my support of fathers as they bring an invaluable element to the development of a child.
Posted by: John Pine, London on 11:35pm Fri 18 Apr 08
The "Family" (What a misnomer!) Courts are spearheading social and economic decline. How ridiculous that people throw up their hands helplessly when the answer is so clear. The prisons are full and youth culture is becoming degraded because children are victims of forced fatherlessness. The cross-cultural study of Bacon, Child and Barry shows that crime is ultra-high in societies where fathers are excluded. The study of delinquency by Hathaway and Monachesi shows that billeting the children with the mother after divorce is the worst possible course. If they live with the father the delinquency rate is lower than the average for the whole community. Yet the courts order the children to the mother in 97% of cases. There is no penalty for perjury in the family courts, so it easy to see how this imbalance is achieved while maintaining a pretence of gender neutrality.
The "Family" (What a misnomer!) Courts are spearheading social and economic decline. How ridiculous that people throw up their hands helplessly when the answer is so clear. The prisons are full and youth culture is becoming degraded because children are victims of forced fatherlessness. The cross-cultural study of Bacon, Child and Barry shows that crime is ultra-high in societies where fathers are excluded. The study of delinquency by Hathaway and Monachesi shows that billeting the children with the mother after divorce is the worst possible course. If they live with the father the delinquency rate is lower than the average for the whole community. Yet the courts order the children to the mother in 97% of cases. There is no penalty for perjury in the family courts, so it easy to see how this imbalance is achieved while maintaining a pretence of gender neutrality.
Posted by: dad4justice, New Zealand on 9:16pm Sat 19 Apr 08
Great stuff F4J. I just wish these corrupt and pious judges could feel the roar of pain that their deluded piety has caused for so many heartbroken fathers around the globe.
Great stuff F4J. I just wish these corrupt and pious judges could feel the roar of pain that their deluded piety has caused for so many heartbroken fathers around the globe.
Posted by: Dave Ryder, Richmond on 11:39am Sun 20 Apr 08
F4J back on the campaign trail, great to see. I read FAMILY COURT HELL too, and one of the most interesting parts of the book was where the Child Psychiatrist Dr Hamish Cameron (who lives near me in Richmond) admitted, when cornered in the witness box, too lying under oath in court and in his reports in the Harris case to harm the fathers case. Only the fathers covert taping of him when Cameron was interviewing him exposed this. But still the judge let his corruption influence the case and all the GMC did was warn him by letter to be more truthful in his court reports and when giving evidence! But Dad still could not see his kids until they ran away to him nearly two years later. Only family proceedings in open court will stop the farce and injustices dished out to fathers by the likes of Coleridge , Cameron, etc.
F4J back on the campaign trail, great to see. I read FAMILY COURT HELL too, and one of the most interesting parts of the book was where the Child Psychiatrist Dr Hamish Cameron (who lives near me in Richmond) admitted, when cornered in the witness box, too lying under oath in court and in his reports in the Harris case to harm the fathers case. Only the fathers covert taping of him when Cameron was interviewing him exposed this. But still the judge let his corruption influence the case and all the GMC did was warn him by letter to be more truthful in his court reports and when giving evidence! But Dad still could not see his kids until they ran away to him nearly two years later. Only family proceedings in open court will stop the farce and injustices dished out to fathers by the likes of Coleridge , Cameron, etc.
Posted by: Benjamin Easton, New Zealand on 2:42pm Wed 23 Apr 08
Fantastic stuff guys!
We've got some problems to sort out down here as well. We may well be back on the streets soon enough. Will keep you posted.
Benjamin Easton
(of a) father's coalition NZ.
Fantastic stuff guys!
We've got some problems to sort out down here as well. We may well be back on the streets soon enough. Will keep you posted.
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.[bold]bold[/bold]
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.
Posted by: Nick Wilson, London on 7:01pm Thu 24 Apr 08
[quote]quote[/quote] [quote]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.[bold]bold[/bold]
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.[/quote]
What's your beef Dawn? Seems like you have excluded your daughters Dad from her, so what's your problem, you got what you wanted did n't you? Besides, if the dad is the monster you say he is, why did you have a kid with him in the first place???? If you've had threatening e mails from F4J, why did n't you go to the Police with it??? Or is it all just in your head?
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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.
What's your beef Dawn? Seems like you have excluded your daughters Dad from her, so what's your problem, you got what you wanted did n't you? Besides, if the dad is the monster you say he is, why did you have a kid with him in the first place???? If you've had threatening e mails from F4J, why did n't you go to the Police with it??? Or is it all just in your head?
There is a comment here purporting to be from Dame Elizabeth Butler-Schloss.
Are you sure this is genuine? Butler-Schloss does not have the reputation for being sympathetic to men's plight in the divorce courts.
Bert.
There is a comment here purporting to be from Dame Elizabeth Butler-Schloss.
Are you sure this is genuine? Butler-Schloss does not have the reputation for being sympathetic to men's plight in the divorce courts.
Posted by: Paul Parks, Twickenham on 9:51pm Tue 20 May 08
The corrupt Dr Hamish Cameron also lives in this locality. Read what this GMC warned individual got up to in FAMILY COURT HELL, Chapter 5. He should be locked up for what he did, not given well paid appointments with national companies.
The corrupt Dr Hamish Cameron also lives in this locality. Read what this GMC warned individual got up to in FAMILY COURT HELL, Chapter 5. He should be locked up for what he did, not given well paid appointments with national companies.
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