Ex-Apprentice star jailed for denying child access to father
Pic: Sharon McAllister A REALITY TV star was jailed for contempt of court today and berated by a sheriff for her attitude towards her son. Former Apprentice contestant Sharon McAllister, 38, was jailed for three months after repeatedly failing to hand her son over for contact with his father. McAllister was told ‘You’re jailed’ and […]
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Shared Parenting & Fatherlessness
Pic: Joseph Rowntree We were recently contacted by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) after we posted a tweet stating that the JRF opposed equal rights for fathers and shared parenting. We knew that JRF reports were used by the anti Shared Parenting lobby, so it seemed like a reasonable assumption this was the case. However, […]
Fathers4Justice National Media Request
A national newspaper magazine is looking for a 35-50 yr old man to talk about the impact of divorce / separation on his life, the fallout from this (depression, suicide) and how he felt about his role in society afterwards. If you are interested please send a few lines about your case to [email protected] with the title […]
An Election Message from Matt O’Connor: The Campaign for Shared Parenting Continues.
Without doubt, it has been a difficult night for campaigners who want to see urgent family law reform. We face profound challenges given there will be another Conservative led administration, which not only broke it’s 2010 election promises to F4J, but will continue to oppose equal rights for dads and support a punitive and discriminatory […]
George Galloway interview with Matt O’Connor
George Galloway discusses the forthcoming General Election, Shared Parenting, fatherlessness and who his favourite superhero is with Fathers4Justice founder, Matt O’Connor.
Prime Minister David Cameron apologises to Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor
In a letter on behalf of Prime Minister David Cameron, from his Political Private Secretary, Mr Cameron wrote to F4J Founder Matt O’Connor to apologise directly for his original remark wrongly accusing Fathers4Justice of damaging his roof and to ensure Mr O’Connor had seen his public apology below. “During the interview I gave to Sarah Sands […]
Fathers4Justice joins the Equal Parenting debate at the explosive new production of Strindberg’s The Father
F4J campaign spokesman Darryl Westell joined the panel discussing Equal Parenting in a ‘no-holds-barred exchange’ with other experts including author Peter Lloyd, Sally Peck and family law barrister Kyra Cornwall. You can listen to the podcast and read about the debate here http://www.terripaddock.com/photos-podcast-equal-parenting-fathers4justice-and-strindbergs-the-father/ Photo courtesy of Peter Jones (@pj001 on Twitter)
Meeting with the Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham, Ross Matthewman, Family and Childcare Trust, and Matt O’Connor, Fathers4Justice.
Fathers4Justice is pleased to report it recently met with the Rt Revd Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham and Ross Matthewman from the Family and Childcare Trust to discuss Shared Parenting and fatherlessness and the impact this was having on children and families. Ross kindly provided a copy of the Parliamentary Inquiry into Parenting and Social […]
Update: David Cameron’s apology to Fathers4Justice
On 31/3/15, five days after David Cameron’s printed apology to Fathers4Justice appeared in the printed edition of the Evening Standard, the Standard has now published the apology online here: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron-says-sorry-to-fathers4-justice-for-wrongly-accusing-them-of-damaging-his-home-10145251.htmlFathers4Justice wrote again to the Prime Minister on 30/3/15 asking for an apology in writing and online, and asked that the offending allegations be removed from publication […]
F4J writes to every MP & member of the House of Lords over Conservative Party allegations
Fathers4Justice yesterday wrote to every MP and member of the House of Lords yesterday following allegations made against Fathers4Justice by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, and the Conservative MP for Romsey and Southampton North, Caroline Nokes. Within hours, David Cameron had withdrawn his allegations, though Fathers4Justice say they are taking legal advice on whether Mr […]
