Accountability for employment of Court Officers in the Family Court

Dear Her Majesty's Courts Service,
Under Freedom of Information Act 2000 I wish to be informed

1. Who is responsible and accountable for the employment of
'Officers of The Court'?

2. The question above is asked with particular reference to the
employment of Guardians ad Litem who operate within the Family
Court System.

3. Who is responsible for checking and agreeing the veracity of
information provided to the Family Court, in respect of such
proposed 'Officers of the Court'?

4. Who is responsible for investigating the fraudulent actions of
those people who become 'Officers of the Court' whilst not holding
the proper qualification to perform that job?

5. (re question 4) How many such investigations have taken place
during the last 5 years?

6. (re question 5) With what result?

7. (re question 4) How many of those investigations have taken
place in Manchester Family Court, during the last 5 years?

8. (re question 7) With what result?

Yours faithfully,

Charlotte Peters Rock

For the Personal Attention of: Caroline Banjo

Dear Ms Banjo,

Thank you for the prompt response. However it causes me grave
concern that you have passed my FOI request to the Ministry of
Justice, which has thus far refused to respond (since 06 September)
to another FOI request, made directly to them, at the suggestion of
the Home Office - which had itself denied accountability.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/ac...

Since this current FOI request, which was submitted to you, at
HMCS, is in respect of there currently being no apparent need for
any legal standing of Court Officers in such vulnerable cases as
child protection, fostering and adoption, one would assume that a
cogent and immediate answer might be more appropriate, and that
such answer should come readily from HMCS, which has the legal duty
to oversee the work inside its own Family Courts.

The questions submitted, were as might be readily understood, in
need of immediate answer, not 'no answer at all', as seems to be
the policy of the so-called Ministry of Justice.

I would be grateful if as a matter of urgency, you could personally
give answers to the questions already submitted.

Yours sincerely,

Charlotte Peters Rock

Personal Attention of: Ms Caroline Banjo

Dear Over, Darren (ARU), and Ms Caroline Banjo,

Having written under Freedom of Information Act rules for
information which Her Majesty's Court Service surely holds, I note
that you have not replied within the regulation number of days as
required by law.

I wonder if Her Majesty's Court Service regards itself as being
above the law?

The letter above, states:

"You will receive a response from us by November 26, 2010. Your
request has been passed to the appropriate business unit within the
MoJ, and they will write to you with their decision by this date."

Perhaps I could point out to you that 'being tossed about between
various agencies which claim to uphold the law' is not my idea of
an adequate response?

Nor has any response arrived.

I would now like an internal review into why Her Majesty's
so-called 'Court Service' has not yet responded.

I would also like - as a matter of urgency - to receive a clear and
completely explained response to my questions.

Yours sincerely,

Charlotte Peters Rock