Our Father’s Day message to Boris Johnson
20 years ago this Father’s Day, I thought I’d never see my children again. Trapped in the devil’s labyrinth that is our secretive family justice system, and battling a deadly tractor beam of institutional legal discrimination that states fathers have no rights to see their children, I re-established contact with my beloved sons before I […]
DAILY EXPRESS COMMENT: It’s very bad time to be a man – there is hostility everywhere says F4J founder Matt O’Connor
AS Kenneth Williams once said, “Infamy! Infamy! They’ve all got it in for me!” Yes, that’s how it feels to be a man in today’s increasingly hostile climate. The inflated outrage over misogyny in Parliament feeds into the simplistic and inaccurate stereotyping of men as universal perpetrators, and women as perpetual victims. It feels as […]
F4J launch ‘Archie’s Law’ Purple Ribbon campaign to mark Parental Alienation Awareness Day
Fathers4Justice (F4J) have launched a campaign and online petition to raise awareness about what they call the ‘poisonous pandemic of parental alienation’ on Parental Alienation Awareness Day. Archie’s Law – named after the youngest son of F4J founder Matt O’Connor – will use the hashtag #ArchiesLaw and purple ribbon to symbolise the plight of the […]
No-Fault Divorce Law will create a ‘Fraud of the Rings’
Pressure group, Fathers4Justice (F4J), will follow up a protest at St Paul’s Cathedral this week, with the launch a new advertising campaign on the London Underground this week. It will urge men to boycott marriage and avoid what they call the ‘deadly divorce trap’ created by new no-fault divorce laws to be introduced on 6th […]
Opinion Matters / F4J COVID-19 Survey: Heartbreak of forgotten fathers in lockdown
An Opinion Matters survey of separated parents for shared-parenting organisation Fathers4Justice (F4J) has shown how COVID-19 restrictions are having a devastating impact on separated families, especially fathers. The survey of 1,006 separated parents across the UK was conducted between 1st – 8th February 2021 and found the following: * On average fathers went nearly 3 […]
International Men’s Day: F4J send white feathers to Women and Equalities Committee accusing them of “institutional cowardice” on men’s issues
Fathers4Justice have accused the Women and Equalities Committee of “institutional cowardice” on men’s issues, and sent each MP on the committee a white feather. Writing to the chair of the committee, Caroline Nokes MP, on International Men’s Day, F4J founder Matt O’Connor called on the Committee to resign unless they could demonstrate they were treating […]
12 reasons why separated dads should NOT use solicitors
There’s an old saying at Fathers4Justice, that the solicitor supports a dad like the rope supports the hanging man. Given solicitors costs are around £20-£30,000 in a normal children’s proceedings (and can easily go into six figures), it’s worth considering whether you need to use them in your case. Around a third of our casework […]
Shropshire Star: One man’s fight to bring justice for fathers
Fathers4Justice is famous for its stunts. The man behind the group makes no excuses for still pushing the cause. By Andy Richardson. Matt O’Connor talks in vivid, glorious technicolour. Like a masterwork by Van Gogh, his narratives are peppered with flashes of yellow and red, amber and gold. He leaves nothing to the imagination, preferring […]
Fathers4Justice use Johnny Depp case to start divorce campaign
Fathers4Justice (F4J) have launched a campaign for divorce equality for men today with a “Ditch The Witch” advert featuring Amber Heard and Johnny Depp on advertising vans outside the High Court where the Johnny Depp libel trial is ongoing. #Divorce4Men will campaign for fairer divorce laws for men which F4J say are sexist, outdated and […]
F4J Father’s Day letter to Prime Minister calls for help for male victims of domestic abuse and for contact denial & parental alienation to be made criminal offences
Campaign group Fathers4Justice have sent a Father’s Day letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson calling on him to make contact denial and parental alienation criminal offences, and to raise concerns about institutional discrimination against men, especially in the area of domestic abuse where 1 in 3 victims are male. The group called for the government […]
