Tesco change ‘mother only’ trolleys after F4J brand them sexist
Tesco has said it is bringing out a new, gender-neutral design of shopping trolley after F4J accused the retailer of sexism. Safety instructions on the handles of the carts only depict mothers and children, using a silhouette of a figure in a dress. F4J told the Daily Mail it was the latest example of retailer […]
Fathers4Justice calls for all sexist abuse, including misandry, to be classed as a hate crime
Campaign group Fathers4Justice (F4J) today called for all sexist abuse, including misandry, to be classed as a hate crime. Speaking to The Herald in Scotland and Scottish Legal News, F4J founder Matt O’Connor said calls by the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Jo Swinson MP, to make misogyny a hate crime risks stereotyping men as perpetrators and women as […]
How Fathers4Justice started in sleepy Shropshire
By Andy Richardson For a little while, it was the most influential guerrilla campaign in the world. Fathers 4 Justice made nightly headlines as dads dressed as superheroes stormed Parliament, gatecrashed Buckingham Palace and highlighted the plights of fathers who were banned from seeing their children. And remarkably, the nerve centre for that campaign was […]
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 […]
