Gagging Orders in The UK Family Courts - Who’s Protecting Who? Jack Straw to Shut all Families Up
In the light of so many stories being sent to no2abuse regarding the Social Services who’s failures are protected by the misuse of family courts I feel the time has come to speak out against these orders where there is a case of injustice. Even more frightening is Jack Straws new announcement
But as of April, because of a change in legislation being introduced by Jack Straw, the Justice Secretary, the media will no longer be able to identify those involved in cases such as the Websters. It will also be illegal for any children currently in care to speak out, even if they feel they are being maltreated.
It is not in any child’s interest to use such gagging orders which are being used but not to protect the child but to protect the system that has failed the child and their families.
In the latest case where Ian, Sarah and Crystal Waltons only hope was to tell their story to a UK newspaper this is just the beggining of many more stories to come.
Any parent who is seen to ignore the gagging order is threatened with imprisonment or sent to prison but many parents are now prepared to go that far because many have lost their children and have nothing else left to lose.
This is the failing family courts and social services system that is happy not only to wreck the lives of innocent children but to also ruin the lives of the families in order to keep their own failings out of the public domain. This is a miscarriage of justice.
The adoption rules must be changed and the ability for social services to be challenged without the misuse of the system to put the fear of God into parents who have been wrongly accused and lost their children by social services and court blunders.
(Above Images) A typical Gagging Order use by Family Courts
I applaud John Hemmings MP, Justice for Families, Faccit and many others who are fighting for the children and families who have suffered these injustices that not only wreck family life but sadly cause long term damage to the children caught up in those serious failures.
Gagging orders are considered reasonable when it comes to cases like Baby P and his siblings who clearly needed to be protected but when the courts misuse the system to shut parents up when injustices have occured this is an unacceptable practice.
I along with others will be publishing stories where injustices have occured and seen families gagged in order to prevent them telling their story so the public can not see those failures.
WE HAVE GOT TO MAKE A STAND AND GIVE FAMILIES AND CHILDREN BACK THE RIGHT TO A VOICE. IF THIS GOES THROUGH FREEDOM OF SPEECH WILL NO LONGER EXIST IN THE UK AND IT WILL AFFECT ALL FAMILIES ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THIS GOVERNMENT HAS GONE MAD AND WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.I URGE ALL NEWSPAPER TO CAMPAIGN AGAINST THIS DECISION BY JACK STRAW
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On 22nd Jan 2010 at 10:16 PM peggy roberts said...
mr straw i like to say in this country theres to many do gooders that do nothink but harm to our kids and familys my grandsons in care at hove so far his been in a basket hold by staff.put in a pink fairy dress. and we was told he should be a girl my grandson has alltisham and hdhd his 11 yrs old he even broke his foot and was left 4 days before going to hospital.he was put in care from miscariage of justices this loonechrisham has got to stop before the public will
On 29th Mar 2010 at 06:47 PM Aicha said...
Families are damaged by the court sending parents to prison. This does not help, it just makes things worse and a parent in stress will affect any child.
And CAFCAS is a joke only put in place to make issues worse in family procedings
On 31st Mar 2010 at 03:55 PM ian josephs said...
It is a terrible mistake made by so many opponents of forced adoption when they say “open up the courts”.This invites the reply that families need privacy and children agree!
What we SHOULD all be demanding is the lifting of the gag on parents and children themselves!! The reply can hardly then be “families need privacy so stuff a gag in the mouths of both parents and children” !
Mothers should like rape victims have privacy but be free to speak out using their own names if they choose !Children who believe they have been wrongly snatched by the ss should also be free to talk when they are old enough.
Instead of crying “open up the family courts"we should all cry “remove the gag on parents and children appearing before the family courts !”
On 8th Apr 2010 at 12:16 AM stan said...
We all need to get together and fight this corrups system . I am going through a child care court case at the moment so i cant say very much.the social services .The only way to stop this is to get as many people as possible to voice there disgust.I am a member of the dadpeter website ,so please come and join and lets arrange so marches on downing street ,etc ,something needs to be done.
so please come and join ,the more people rthat everyone can get involved the better.
http://www.dadpeter.co.uk/forum
regards
Stantheman
On 23rd Aug 2010 at 12:41 PM Dalek1 said...
How family courts work in favour of abusive birth parents to the detrement of adopted children and families.
In March of last year my wife and I adopted a beautiful little girl who is now a happy and thriving individual.
She was removed from her birth mother due to severe neglect which taken to the extreme could have cost her her life.
We received an early hearing four months after taking joint custody of our daughter through our local authority.
On the day of the hearing we arrived on time and were placed in an ante room near the court room.
At the time of our hearing a court official arrived in the room we were waiting and informed us they were giving the birth mother an extra 15 minutes to get to the court.
I asked why and was told it was raining to which I pointed out that the bm was aware of the timings and the rain should not cause a delay in her arriving at the court and before I was allowed to protest any further I was advised it was the judges decision.
The bm eventually turned up 25 minutes late and was seen and given a month to prepare a case.
This delayed the custody of our daughter for a month and we had to wait over two more months in total as the judge in my view lacked the backbone to make a decision and was more concerned about the human rights of a bm incapable of looking after a child
and potentially putting her life at risk than the rights of that child to be raised in a loving family environment or of the adopted parents.
Whilst no gagging order was placed on myself or my wife I was in effect gagged by our social worker who told me anything said that could be perceived as critism regarding me learned friend might well work against us.
Our daughters bm has recently given birth again and we have the potential opportunity to adopt this sibling to our daughter however the last time put a tremendous strain on me and I don’t feel I can go through that mental torture again.
Please let the new government see common sense and change the law to stop potentially dangerous bp’s getting the children they have abused back in their care with the blessings of the dudicial system and allow the adopted parents to give their children the best quality of life they can.
On 1st Sep 2010 at 04:32 AM yvonne said...
i am a survivor of child sexual abuse.i`m 38 and they still use it against me and gained my children as a trophy of me speaking out.what was the bloody point..
On 7th Feb 2011 at 01:26 PM Mark H said...
My 14 year old son has been ordered to return to his mum even though he doesn’t want to.
The reason for this is that i had the testicular fortitude to stand up the the SchutzStaffel and district judge. My son has made it clear that he will keep returning to me if removed back to his mother. The judge has told me that if i keep allowing him to return to me he will put a restraining order on me so i can’t see my own son.
I have been told to personally take my son to her front door and drop him off. I’ve refused. Why should i have to face the humiliation of that? If i don’t do as he says i will be sent to prison when i return to court next in March.
Now i’ve had a look around the internet, one thing could be good for my son and myself being heard is that (please correct me if i’m wrong) as my son isn’t/hasn’t been put into care HE can’t be gagged. Is this right?
I really don’t care what happens to me now. I’m on a mission, not going to say of what as i don’t want to incriminate myself. But it will be good.
The judge is corrupt. In the 75 minutes of summing up at the start i was told to stop interrupting, write down what i had to say and then i would be able to have my say at the end. When that came he told me to shut up as he wouldn’t listen to me. I carried on and he said if i didn’t shut up, he’d leave the room. No doubt that will be missed out of the transcript when i request it.
I made a mistake of representing myself in court. If i had been represented the judge wouldn’t have dared tell a Solicitor to shut up.
Any claim/allegation towards my ex i was told to prove, but anything she said towards me was totally accepted. How fucked up is that???
The Schutzstaffel report was full of errors. My sons DOB is 1997, the report said 2010. My long suffering partner is called Kathryn (Kath for short). Report calls her Carol on many occasions.
I am referred to as Mr Sim**on (the bitch’s husband) and not Mr Ha***ng.
Her 3rd child is classed as her new husbands, even judge said so on summing up, when in fact it was the result of a one night stand. There’s a 3 year gap between it being born and her new hubby turning up on the scene.
What can i get away with doing to shame the bastard judge and Schutzstaffel worker?
I was thinking of scanning the bundle and putting all recordings on disk and sending it to my friend in Holland, where servers are protected by Dutch law making it impossible for the judge to serve a gagging order on it (thats my thinking, don’t know for sure). I know this works for cannabis websites on Dutch servers, thats how uk growers are protected from being busted here when they show off their glory.
Oh one good thing, after the first meeting with the Schutzstaffel worker, i insisted on recording all meetings. My reason was, i removed my son from school where he was being bullied. I chose to Home Educate him. They don’t like that. The Schutzstaffel worker told me that i was breaking the law as i wasn’t allowed to H.E. as i wasn’t a qualified teacher/tutor. But i had already looked into it so as i didn’t drop myself in the 5hit. So from then on i insisted on EVERYTHING being recorded. Just covering my back.
I also paid £35 a week for 2 hours with a private tutor. Might as well have not bothered. His mother won’t carry on with the tuition because she is white trash doley scum who never spends a penny on either of my children (i have 2, other one stayed with her when i took the one with me from her in 2008). She neglects them. I’ve been the one to clothe them all the way through their lives (eldest is 15) as she NEVER buys clothes, but yet she can turn out with professionally done hair and nails EVERY MONTH. Nails are £30 as she took my kids with her one time when she had them done, so they do know how much they cost. A hair style is never under 50 quid.
It infuriates me.
On 25th May 2011 at 10:35 PM Donna Gray said...
I am currently in a battle with Neath Port Talbot Social Services who have wrongly, and without any evidence placed my children on the child protection register. They even went to the lengths to produce false information from various bodies I’d never heard of. Their intention is to take my children away from me. I have never done anything wrong with any of my children, but as I unravel the next stone, only to find their is an entire jungle of this going on with several families and no-one to help stop it. My understanding is that the Social Services are a law within themselves. So far, Ive been threatened with imprisonment, Ive been harrassed and threatened by the police in Neath and have been told that if it is their decision to take my children then I am powerless. I believe this is the answer to the paedophile problem in the country. Who ever is at the top of this line is the man himself which is running this racket and should be brought to justice. If that man, as I have been reading before, is Jack Straw, the he is the man who is answerable for whats going on. As a nation, the government cant possibly silence us all. If we stand united, as many countries are doing so now for other political reasons, then our voice will be heard, not just here in the UK but around the globe. They cant possibly silence that.