A Conspiracy of Silence: Nearly 3 years of politically motivated, taxpayer funded legal proceedings against Matt O’Connor
Pic: Dr Michael Pelling and Matt O’Connor The High Court last Friday (4/11/16) ruled in a declaratory judgment that court managers and magistrates sitting at Aldershot Magistrates’ Court on 20 February 2015 acted ‘unlawfully’ in excluding members of the public who sought to attend the trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor, for a Section 5 […]
High Court rules court acted ‘unlawfully’ in excluding public from Fathers4Justice founders trial
Pic: Dr Michael Pelling and Matt O’Connor The high court today ruled in a declaratory judgment that court managers and magistrates sitting at Aldershot Magistrates’ Court on 20 February 2015 acted ‘unlawfully’ in excluding members of the public who sought to attend the trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor, for a Section 5 Public Order […]
Challenge To Anonymisation Practice In Child Support Appeals: Final Hearing Thursday 6 October 2016 In Open Court
Mr CJA had a successful child support appeal to the Upper Tribunal heard in open court with no reporting restrictions but found that the Judgment [2014] UKUT 359 (AAC) appeared anonymised on the public database, at http://www.osscsc.gov.uk/Aspx/view.aspx?id=4272. Anonymisation was a rubber stamp process following a fully public hearing and done without any judicial direction, and is being challenged in a […]
Secrets & Lies: Courts reveal evidence used to deny public access to Matt O’Connor’s trial
Fathers4Justice can today reveal evidence supplied by the Government Legal Department, acting for Aldershot Magistrates Court and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), that they rely on to justify their decision to deny members of the public, trial witnesses, and an elected county councillor, entry to the trial of F4J founder Matt O’Connor on […]
Fathers4Justice founder given leave for Judicial Review of decision by courts to bar public from trial
The founder of Fathers4Justice was today given leave to move to Judicial Review a decision by Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and Aldershot Magistrates Court, to bar members of the public entry to his trial for a Section 5 Public Order Act offence on 20th February 2015. Matt O’Connor, 48, from London, appeared […]
