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My son has been the victim of his ex partners venom over the last 18 months. She lied to obtain an ex parte Non Molestation Order and has then lied blatantly in court hearings to do with both the NMO and the Residence Order for their daughter. Cafcass were involved and one of the officers is a family friend of hers. We have pointed out this conflict of itnerest on numerous occasions and not one person has taken any notice of it, not the Judges, Cafcass themselves who received an official complaint from him in which this was included, and four separate Cafcass officers who have been involved. Due to this misconduct as well as the Cafcass officer deliberately delaying proceedings by not supplying the information required by the Court Order to my son and then altering email which he he had already sent to my son, to make it look like he had not done anything wrong! my son is currently lodging an appeal and an official complaint.
At the last hearing, my son could not attend due to the stress and anxiety that all this has caused him, and the Judge asked me to be present in his place. I pushed and pushed for them to remove one of the requirements put forward by Cafcass and the Judge finally agreed to remove it. I also made a very strong point about the Cafcass officer being responsible for the delay which meant that my son had been unable to fulfill the requirements of the previous Court Order and the Cafcass officer actually apologised to my son in Court.
However, none of this has been recorded in the Court Order issued following the hearing! As I was invited by the Judge into the hearing I was made a party to the case by his actions, and therefore I have made an Official Complaint to the Court (which they 'lost' for a month) and are now saying they will refer the matter to the Judge concerned when he is next in Court.
To be honest, I am not optimistic about obtaining a satisfactory outcome as my experience of the Family Court System because of what has happened to my son is not good.
I have stated in my complaint that the recording of the hearing will prove my points and that if they refuse to correct the errors I will be asking for a Transcript and expect reimbursement, although I've been told thats unlikely!
Throughout the whole series of hearings, my sons ex partner has lied, the cafcass officer did not appear in Court to be questioned over the Section 7 report because he was on holiday and all of the evidence my son has submitted to prove that his ex partner has lied has been completely ignored by the Judges, including written notes from a criminal hearing for breaching the Order, which he was charged with, again because she lied - the charges were dismissed because in that hearing she shot herself in the foot, so he ordered a copy of the notes to prove she's been lying, and they have even ignored that!
He has no other choice than to make Official Complaints and Appeals pretty much everywhere but wants to include the transcripts of each hearing so he can show where she has been lying etc, but he is unemployed and does not have the money to pay for the transcripts, and neither do I. The Court have said there is no other choice - they have to be paid for and that they wont provide just the recordings.
Since his financial situation should not prejudice his position legally, how can he obtain the transcripts or recordings without having to pay for them, as that is probably the only way he will be able to get justice.
Thank you
At the last hearing, my son could not attend due to the stress and anxiety that all this has caused him, and the Judge asked me to be present in his place. I pushed and pushed for them to remove one of the requirements put forward by Cafcass and the Judge finally agreed to remove it. I also made a very strong point about the Cafcass officer being responsible for the delay which meant that my son had been unable to fulfill the requirements of the previous Court Order and the Cafcass officer actually apologised to my son in Court.
However, none of this has been recorded in the Court Order issued following the hearing! As I was invited by the Judge into the hearing I was made a party to the case by his actions, and therefore I have made an Official Complaint to the Court (which they 'lost' for a month) and are now saying they will refer the matter to the Judge concerned when he is next in Court.
To be honest, I am not optimistic about obtaining a satisfactory outcome as my experience of the Family Court System because of what has happened to my son is not good.
I have stated in my complaint that the recording of the hearing will prove my points and that if they refuse to correct the errors I will be asking for a Transcript and expect reimbursement, although I've been told thats unlikely!
Throughout the whole series of hearings, my sons ex partner has lied, the cafcass officer did not appear in Court to be questioned over the Section 7 report because he was on holiday and all of the evidence my son has submitted to prove that his ex partner has lied has been completely ignored by the Judges, including written notes from a criminal hearing for breaching the Order, which he was charged with, again because she lied - the charges were dismissed because in that hearing she shot herself in the foot, so he ordered a copy of the notes to prove she's been lying, and they have even ignored that!
He has no other choice than to make Official Complaints and Appeals pretty much everywhere but wants to include the transcripts of each hearing so he can show where she has been lying etc, but he is unemployed and does not have the money to pay for the transcripts, and neither do I. The Court have said there is no other choice - they have to be paid for and that they wont provide just the recordings.
Since his financial situation should not prejudice his position legally, how can he obtain the transcripts or recordings without having to pay for them, as that is probably the only way he will be able to get justice.
Thank you
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