3-year legal saga ends in victory for Fathers4Justice founder as arrest is declared ‘unlawful’
A three-year legal saga ended last week when it was ruled that the arrest of Fathers4Justice founder, Matt O’Connor, for a minor Public Order Act offence, was ‘unlawful’. O’Connor, 50, from Clapham, was arrested outside his former home in Stockbridge, Hampshire on 4th September 2014 for a minor Section 5 Public Order Act offence.The […]
Fathers4Justice founder appeals Public Order conviction in Guildford Crown Court
The founder of Fathers4Justice, Matt O’Connor, 50, from Clapham, London, will appear in Guildford Crown Court this Thursday 7th December to appeal a conviction for a Section 5 Public Order Act offence dating back to September 2014 in Stockbridge, Hampshire. The case, which has lasted over three years, has involved 16 court hearings, 8 Judges and 4 courts, in […]
Fathers4Justice launches #SOSManDown campaign
The UK’s leading campaign group for separated dads has launched a new Christmas initiative aimed at women, which calls for their help in reducing casualties from the higher rates of suicide, alcoholism and fatherlessness suffered by men at this time of year. The campaign, #SOSManDown, was launched by Fathers4Justice in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin this week, and involves […]
Is this Britain’s most corrupt, anti-father MP?
Today’s story in the Sunday Times alleging that Cabinet Minister, Caroline Nokes, MP for Romsey and Southampton North, illegally and deceitfully broke planning laws regarding the building of a Coach House in her grounds, is the latest in a long line of scandals to plague the MP. On 20th February 2014, Nokes was involved in […]
Father successfully attacks Upper Tribunal anonymisation practice in child support cases: Adams v. Secretary of State & Green [2017] UKUT 9 (AAC)
Charles Adams’s attack on the invariable practice of the Upper Tribunal in anonymising parents involved in child support appeals culminated in a ground-breaking Judgment by the President of the Administrative Appeals Chamber (AAC) in February 2017: Adams v. Sec.State & Green [2017] UKUT 9 (AAC) [attached]. The case was supported by Fathers4Justice with a number […]
Female student who stabbed Tinder boyfriend with knife given suspended prison sentence
A cocaine fuelled Oxford University student who stabbed her boyfriend with a bread knife has been given a suspended prison sentence. A judge caused controversy earlier this year when he reportedly told Lavinia Woodward that a jail term ‘could damage’ the 24-year-old’s career. The judge’s comments led to accusations of leniency and tabloid headlines including “too clever […]
Dad dies after setting himself alight in custody protest outside New Zealand Parliament
A desperate dad understood to be fighting to see his kids in the family courts in New Zealand has died after setting himself on fire outside Parliament on Thursday. The dad had made signs which read: “In Iran you stone mothers; in New Zealand fathers.” Another read: “My vote No! To Family Court lawyers racket.” He […]
Family courts in meltdown as judges are brought out of retirement
The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, has told the House of Commons’ Justice Select Committee that retired judges are being sent back to work to help manage the increase in family law cases. In his final appearance before before he steps down, Lord Thomas repeated the concerns raised in his final annual report, which was published […]
Fathers4Justice say government is failing separated dads in suicide epidemic
Fathers4Justice say government policies are driving countless separated dads into depression and putting them at risk of emotional harm and suicide. On World Suicide Prevention Day, the campaign group say the government has ignored repeated warnings that separated dads are not only a critical at risk group, but that government policy has put them at […]
Abused husband rigged camera to film wife BEATING him because he feared police wouldn’t believe he was a battered husband
An abused dad set up a spy camera in his own home to film his drunken wife beating him up because he feared police would never believe he was a battered husband. Neil Tweedy, 45, had secretly endured over a decade of physical abuse at the hands of his school teacher spouse Helen. The assaults […]
