Revealed: How HM Courts used fabricated claims against Fathers4Justice
Fathers4Justice today disclosed confidential court documents from Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Services (HMCTS) which reveal how the courts have used fabricated claims to smear and discredit the campaign group. The documents were disclosed as part of a Judicial Review brought by F4J founder Matt O’Connor after Aldershot Magistrates Court excluded the public from his […]
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 […]
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 Campaigner in High Court Judicial Review over closed courts this Thursday
The founder of Fathers4Justice appears in the High Court (Royal Courts of Justice) this Thursday 15th October as he makes an oral application for leave to move for Judicial Review of a decision by Her Majesty’s Courts & Tribunal Service to exclude members of the public from his trial for a public order offence on […]
Fathers4Justice founder renews Leave application for Judicial Review in case R v. Aldershot Magistrates Court ex parte O’Connor [CO/1252/2015].
F4J leader Matt O’Connor has been granted an oral hearing in open court for his application for Leave to move for Judicial Review, in the Royal Courts of Justice on 15th October 2015. The application comes after members of the public, witnesses, and independent Hampshire County Councillor Tony Hooke, were excluded by Her Majesty’s Courts […]
Courts try to ban public and F4J supporters from criminal trials
Pic: Matt O’Connor, Founder, Fathers4Justice The ongoing trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor for a Section 5 Public Order Act Offence has now entered its 10th month. He was arrested just yards from his former Hampshire Home on 4th September 2014 after being challenged by Police Officers in the street over complaints he had made […]
Judge in trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor forced to stand down after admitting to knowing the Conservative Party chairman for Caroline Nokes MP
Courts in Hampshire today confirmed that District Judge Gillibrand (also a family court judge), who was due to hear F4J founder Matt O’Connor’s trial for a Section 5 Public Order offence last Friday, recused himself shortly before the trial began as he knew the Conservative Party Chairman for Caroline Nokes MP, Robin Colenso. Mr Colenso […]
F4J Founder Matt O’Connor’s trial adjourned for Judicial Review after public denied access
The trial of Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor, for a Section 5 Public Order Offence linked to the Caroline Nokes MP dispute, was adjourned at a hearing on 20th February after Magistrates denied the public and defence witnesses access to the hearing. Mr O’Connor objected to taking part in the trial saying: “Members of the public […]
F4J release video of Matt O’Connnor’s arrest in MP dispute
The video Hampshire Police did not want you to see. Published for the first time by Fathers4Justice in advance of Matt O’Connor’s trial on 20/2/15. Fathers4Justice founder Matt O’Connor is violently and unlawfully arrested by Hampshire Police officers at 8.00am on 4/9/14.Matt was detained yards from his Hampshire home by waiting Police Officers who questioned […]
