Parents Against Injustice
Lord Falconer is wrong to state that more than 200 children who had given their views on opening the courts during consultation "overwhelmingly rejected the idea" (U-turn over plan for media in family courts, June 20). It is clear from the response paper published in March that most children agreed that it should be up to the people involved in the case - there certainly was not a clear agreement on banning the press from all or part of the proceedings. The proposals to open up the family courts come at a time when the public's confidence in the system is at its lowest ebb. Twenty years ago only Parents Against Injustice was actively supporting falsely accused parents who were having their children wrongly removed by the courts. It is a sad reflection of our times that there are now over two dozen such organisations helping hundreds of families each year cope with a secret court system more reminiscent of Guantánamo Bay than Britain.
Trevor Jones
Parents Against Injustice.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/jun/27/childrensservices.c...
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8J3Y3es1jjoC&pg=PA209&l...
Children in need
I could not believe my eyes when I read that, at long last, Margaret Hodge has concerns over adoptions and that mothers may have been coerced into giving up their children (News in Brief, last week). Then I discovered she was referring only to adoptions of Cambodian children. If the Minister for Children returns to her post, she must ensure forced adoptions are substantially reduced and a more open adoption system is introduced.
Trevor Jones
Parents Against Injustice
London N4
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/apr/24/letters.theobserver
Adoption injustice
I applaud the efforts by the MP John Hemming to lift the secrecy surrounding children taken from parents and placed for adoption (News, July 8) but am appalled by the lack of interest by the majority of other MPs in this grave injustice.
The lack of transparency designed to work in the interests of the children has clearly led to miscarriages of justice but this is not the only problem. Parents unfamiliar with the legal process choose local firms who will often rely on local councils on another day for work. This means that outside scrutiny is essential when conflicts of interest are endemic within the system.
Trevor Jones, Parents Against Injustice, London N4
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/3641326/Letters-to-The-S...
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-telegraph/20100627/282656...
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