Jeremy Corbyn opposes equal rights for dads
Despite being presented as a radical candidate for the Labour leadership, Jeremy Corbyn’s opposition to shared parenting is as depressing as it is predictable. Women only carriages trump 4 million fatherless kids every time. While other Labour MP’s like David Lammy, David Blunkett and Frank Field signed Early Day Motion 210 supporting shared parenting in […]
The Telegraph: Institutional discrimination against dads must end, says Matt O’Connor of Fathers4Justice
A wave of outrage swept social media after a series of posters went up in London saying “Domestic violence: dads – have the strength to change”. The poster, put up across the Royal Borough of Greenwich, shows a boy crying as a woman tries to defend herself from a man angrily raising a hand to […]
Fathers4Justice founder renews Leave application for Judicial Review in case R v. Aldershot Magistrates Court ex parte O’Connor [CO/1252/2015].
F4J leader Matt O’Connor has been granted an oral hearing in open court for his application for Leave to move for Judicial Review, in the Royal Courts of Justice on 15th October 2015. The application comes after members of the public, witnesses, and independent Hampshire County Councillor Tony Hooke, were excluded by Her Majesty’s Courts […]
Steve Brine MP responds to F4J request for information about the death of Haydn Burton
Fathers4Justice publish correspondence between F4J founder Matt O’Connor and Steve Brine MP about the death of fathers’ rights protestor Haydn Burton. From: “BRINE, Steve” <[email protected]> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 13:56:45 +0000 To: Matt O’Connor Cc: Fathers 4 Justice Office Subject: Re: Letter to Steve Brine from Fathers4Justice ref death of Haydn Burton Hi Matt, Thank you for your […]
Myleene Klass threatens to sue Fathers4Justice over parenting advertisement
Singer and model Myleene Klass today threatened to sue Fathers4Justice over an advert the group launched on social media last night and will appear in the press later this week. The group say the advert, which reads “Come on Myleene”, addresses media reports that she has denied her children access to dad Graham Quinn for […]
Fathers4Justice launch Myleene Klass Advert
Fathers4Justice today launched an online advert and social media campaign called “Come on Myleene” in response to newspaper reports that singer and model Myleene Klass has denied her children access to dad Graham Quinn for over a year. The advert will run in the national press later this week. The group say the advert forms […]
Why Scottish fathers deserve shared parenting. By Matt O’Connor
Every month, thousands of desperate Scottish dads turn to the courts as they battle for access to their children. All too often, the court orders they secure are broken with impunity by mothers, who face little or no court sanction. As a result, around 50% of all court orders for contact between children and their […]
Sunday Express: Fair deal for families on Father’s Day. By Matt O’Connor, founder of Fathers4Justice
Today, on Father’s Day, Fathers4Justice is launching a new political and social Manifesto, calling for the creation of a new government post, a Minister for Men and Boys. As a father of three boys, who experienced difficult, life-changing problems during my divorce I understand better than anyone the lack of support for men and other […]
Fathers are for life, not just Father’s Day. By Darryl Westell
Pic: Darryl Westell and Matt O’Connor, Fathers4Justice protest, Trafalgar Square 2012 And so Father’s Day 2015 comes to haunt the fraternity of fatherhood once again with pub signs declaring their ‘fab dads’ menu and glossy Sunday supplements presenting us with whimsical throwbacks to dads in their element: manning the BBQ, fixing the leaky tap, playing […]
The Guardian interview with F4J founder Matt O’Connor: ‘I thought I could change the world in three years’
Attention-seeking? Yes. Self-aggrandising? Yes. Sort of admirable for sheer chutzpah? I think so. Fathers4Justice is best-known for a series of stunts featuring dads dressed as superheroes – climbing bridges and buildings to promote the belief that fathers are discriminated against in family law. Do they have a point? Or are they a bunch of hotheaded […]
