Nottingham City Council, Secret Family Courts & Gagging Orders

James Moore made this Freedom of Information request to Nottingham City Council

The request was refused by Nottingham City Council.

From: James Moore

30 November 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

In the wake of the people speaking out against the abuses of the
secret family courts and forced adoption of children to strangers,
instead of being retained within their real natural families. I
would like to know how your authority compares to others in
fulfilling your responsibilities to families & their children.

(a) How many individuals have been taken to court by your authority
in-order to gag them. To stop them from speaking out about the
injustices they have suffered at the hands of the council
children's social services and secret family courts. Provide all
records to-date that are held.

(b) How much did these gagging order injunctions cost the rate
payer.

(c) Who is responsible for actioning these enforcement orders by
the council, i.e. who signs the applications for court.

(d) How many parents /relatives/individuals have received further
sanctions for breaking these gagging orders.

(e) Are any of these decisions to gag/sanction taken by unelected
local authority officers responsible for children’s social care,
finance, legal or any other relevant department.

(f) If councillors make these decisions at which meeting(s) are
these discussed.

Yours faithfully,

James Moore

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From: Information Governance
Nottingham City Council

1 December 2009

Dear Mr Moore

Re: Your request for information

Thank you for your email below (or above if viewing this on whatdotheyknow.com).

As the information you requested is not personal or environmental it will be processed in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

A response will be sent to you as soon as possible and in any case within the statutory deadline which is 20 working days starting the working day after this authority received your request.

If you should have any questions please contact us on 0115 915 4155 quoting your personal case reference which is IGO/09-6363.

Glenn E. Estes

Glenn E. Estes
Information Governance Case Administrator
Tel: 0115 9154708

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From: Information Governance
Nottingham City Council

3 December 2009

Dear Mr Moore

Re: Your request for information

Thank you for your email dated 30th November 2009. As the information you
requested is not personal or environmental it has been processed in
accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

As the questions you ask are exactly the same as an earlier request made
via whatdotheyknow.com (a website with which you are already familiar)I
must inform you that the information is exempt from disclosure under
section 21 of this act as it already publically available.

In order to advice and assist I would suggest you review the
whatdotheyknow.com request made to Nottingham City Council on the 13th
October 2009 by Mrs Docherty and our subsequent full response provided on
13th November 2009.

Owing to the fact that this authority is applying an exemption to all of
the information requested, please accept this email as a refusal notice
issued in accordance with section 17 of this Act.

Most of the information that we provide in response to Freedom of
Information Act 2000 requests will be subject to copyright protection. In
most cases the copyright will be owned by Nottingham City Council. The
copyright in other information may be owned by another person or
organisation, as indicated in the information itself.

You are free to use any information supplied for your own use, including
for non commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for
the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, for
example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public
will require the permission of the copyright

owner.

For information where the copyright is owned by the Council details of the
conditions on re-use can be obtained by contacting the Information
Governance Office of Nottingham City Council at The Guildhall, Nottingham,
NG1 4BT or by telephoning us on (0115) 9154155. For information where the
copyright is owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to
the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

If you should have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me on
the above number quoting your personal case reference which is
IGO/09-6363.

If you are not satisfied with the response provided or any exemptions
applied you should write in the first instance to Stephanie Pearson,
Information Governance, The Guildhall, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BT
stating the reasons for your dissatisfaction. If you remain dissatisfied
after receiving a response to your initial complaint you can request an
independent review from the Information Commissioner's Office at FOI/EIR
Complaints Resolution, Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF. You may also contact the
Information Commissioner's Office by telephone on 01625 545745 or by email
at [email address].

Yours sincerely

Glenn E. Estes

Information Governance Case Administrator

For and on behalf of the Information Governance Office

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