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conflicts of interest - CAFCASS and Social Services

James Moore made this Freedom of Information request to Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

The request was refused by Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service.

From: James Moore

24 August 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am making this request to attempt to determine the level of
conflict of interest on the part of one Ms. Helen Fountain, of
CAFCASS. She was complicit in the removal of our three youngest
children to independent foster placement on 2 March 2009, a
decision which was made based on the balance of probabilities
(whatever that is) rather than actual physical evidence of neglect
or abuse. Her testimony was based on less than a half dozen visits
to our family home and around one hour of talking to our children
which she was /supposed/ to be representing in court.

Yours faithfully,

James & Melizza Moore

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Ms S Foster (Account suspended) left an annotation (24 August 2009)

Mrs Barden, Amanda Jane CANTERBURY E/1008145 Registered Social
Worker, now works as a childrens guardian.

It is our understanding
that she may have worked previously for Kent County Council (maybe
under her maiden name) as a social worker/manager for childrens
services.

This is a complete conflict of interests; does Ms Helen Fountain have any connections to Canterbury Cafcass or ever worked in Kent?

There appears to be a massive fraud occurring within the family court system and authorities ,court's,cafcass are all interlinked and involved and struggling to remain hidden.

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James Moore left an annotation (25 August 2009)

I don't know about any connection to Canterbury, but she did state under oath that she held a diploma in Child & Social Care.

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Ms S Foster (Account suspended) left an annotation (25 August 2009)

House of Lords - Down Lisburn Health and Social Services Trust. Baroness Hale of Richmond. Judgement

34. There is, so far as the parties to this case are aware, no European jurisprudence questioning the principle of freeing for adoption, or indeed compulsory adoption generally. The United Kingdom is unusual amongst members of the Council of Europe in permitting the total severance of family ties without parental consent. (Professor Triseliotis thought that only Portugal and perhaps one other European country allowed this.) It is, of course, the most draconian interference with family life possible.

Although kinship placements are supposed to be the preferred option in this country, only 1 per cent. of social worker-instigated placements ended up with kinship carers, compared with 45 per cent. in Denmark, for example(EVIDENCE given in parliament June 16th 2008 by Tim Loughton MP shadow minister for children)

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From: Jassal, Jasvinder
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

25 August 2009

Dear James & Melizza Moore.
Thank you for your e-mail.
I will look into your request and respond shortly.
Regards
Miss Jassal.

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Mr B Gerrish (Account suspended) left an annotation (29 August 2009)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/colum...

Will be interesting to see if Medway Family Court takes any notice of Lord Justice Thorpe and Lord Justice Wall's criticisms, the latter ordered his comments to be circulated to family courts and adoption agencies across the land.
(Could his comments be referring to the Law of the Land)

The Lords appear to recognize that there is a clear difference between the LAW and legal child kidnap; there cannot be Lawful child kidnap.

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Ms S Foster (Account suspended) left an annotation (17 September 2009)

http://www.familylore.co.uk/2009/07/bare...

Barely Functioning
written by John Bolch on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Following Sir Mark Potter's recent comments regarding the crisis in the family courts, I requested an interview with His Honour Judge Polden, the designated Family Law Judge for Kent, on the subject. I chose him because I have always practised in Kent and therefore know something about the courts in this county. He declined the interview. Perhaps this is not entirely surprising, given the state of some of the courts over which he presides.

As I will shortly be no longer using the courts for my work, I feel I can now say something about their state. Take my local court, Medway County Court, for instance. I would not say that it was any exaggeration to state that it is barely functioning at all, with even the most straightforward matters taking months to deal with.

Like other local solicitors, I have been issuing in other courts, just to avoid the delays at Medway. Perhaps that is the plan: reduce the service to such a level that everyone goes elsewhere - problem solved!

I would be interested to hear the experiences of others up and down the country.

This about sums it up

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From: James Moore

22 September 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Children and Family
Court Advisory Support Service's handling of my FOI request
'conflicts of interest - CAFCASS and Social Services'. A
satisfactory response (beyond a form acknowledgement) is now
overdue. Under the Freedom of Information Act I should have by now
received a reply, and CAFCASS are breaking the law.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

James Moore

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From: Jassal, Jasvinder
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

24 September 2009

Dear Mr Moore
My Apologies for not responding however, I do recall asking that you clarify the request below.
I am unable to comment on individual cases and I could not determine what information you were requesting.

My apologies if you did not receive my communication it may have been my error in typing your email address.

If you would like to clarify what specific information you require I will provide it as soon as possible.
Best wishes
Miss Jassal

I am making this request to attempt to determine the level of
conflict of interest on the part of one Ms. Helen Fountain, of
CAFCASS. She was complicit in the removal of our three youngest
children to independent foster placement on 2 March 2009, a
decision which was made based on the balance of probabilities
(whatever that is) rather than actual physical evidence of neglect
or abuse. Her testimony was based on less than a half dozen visits
to our family home and around one hour of talking to our children
which she was /supposed/ to be representing in court.

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James Moore left an annotation (25 September 2009)

No such request for clarification was ever received, however if needs must:

What is the interest of Ms. Fountain in ensuring that care orders in which she is involved, are rubberstamped by the family court service? Is the duty of care of CAFCASS not the proper representation of the "wishes and feelings" of the children? Or is the public face of CAFCASS in polar opposition to its actual mission, which is looking more and more like toeing the line of local authorities to remove children and destroy families?

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T Quinn (Account suspended) left an annotation ( 3 October 2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iFSL2u_kgw

this is so sad , another nanna saying goodbye to her stolen grandchild

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F Mason (Account suspended) left an annotation ( 4 October 2009)

SS are trying the propaganda route to gaining public confidence and support. Behind the scenes we all know it will generate more referals, mainly malicious which will cost children and families dearly. This is simply to generate more snatches, aim = ......'More adoptions, especially as Cafcass is being crippled because they are paving the way for Coram to take over the cases they say they can't handle'.

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From: James Moore

9 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of
Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Children and Family
Court Advisory Support Service's handling of my FOI request
'conflicts of interest - CAFCASS and Social Services'. CAFCASS are
now in violation of Statute by not replying in a timely manner.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is
available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/co...

Yours faithfully,

James Moore

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Ms Wilson (Account suspended) left an annotation (10 November 2009)

Watch the CON-servative party and others appear to come to the rescue and raise this issue suddenly next year in order to get more votes. Dont be fooled they are all defacto and in this up to their necks and will use any issue to fool the sheeple.

What are any of them doing about this NOW - NOTHING

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Wilson, A (Account suspended) left an annotation (12 November 2009)

http://www.notbornyesterday.org/scandal,...

Some strange goings on down Plymouth way, it seems - where earlier this month (October 2009) three police cars and five police officers were required to remove five small children from a mother's home in her absence. In my neck of the woods, you'd be lucky to get that kind of turnout for a murder.

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From: Jassal, Jasvinder
Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service

26 November 2009

Dear Mr Moore
I am unable to respond to your request as you have not clarified what you require.
Please see my email below.
I am happy to provide you with information via a valid request. However, If you have a compliant to make about a member of staff the Cafcass complaints process must be followed. This can be found on the Cafcass web site : www.cafcass.gov.uk.
Regards
Miss Jassal

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James Moore left an annotation (27 November 2009)

CAFCASS are committing PERJURY and FRAUD and CONSPIRACY TO AID KIDNAP. My request couldn't be CLEARER. Your reply couldn't be a clearer indication that I have HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.

DO NOT TRUST CAFCASS. THEY DO NOT WORK ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN.

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