PAIN AND BRENDAN FLEMING COVENTRY CASE FAMILY COURT WIN.

[Alison J Stevens]

Solicitors in Birmingham - Brendan Fleming

Statement to the Press on Coventry Case On the 27th September 2010 Judge Bellamy sitting as a High Court Judge in Coventry in one of our care cases where we repesented the mother of three young children made an order allowing the press to name the local authority as Coventry City Council. They criticised their actions in this case and ordered them to pay £100,000 to the Legal Services Commission. It has been reported in the media yesterday that the head of social services of Coventry namely Colin Green has formally apologised to the parents and their family for their mistakes in this case. Brendan Fleming principal of Brendan Fleming Solicitors has today spoken to his client and her husband and this firm wish to make it categorically clear and to set the record straight that no such apology has been either offered or given verbally or in writing to this family or given to this firm Brendan Fleming's. Such misrepresentations by the Coventry City Council add only insult to injury for these parents. The local authority are also minimising their mistakes in this case particularly with regards to this expert's report by stating that others should have looked at the report and that they are also alleging the parents agreed to the instructions of this expert in these proceedings. This again is another untruth. Mr. Brendan Fleming personally appeared before the courts on behalf of the mother and on numerous occasions and objected to the report as being too expensive, unnecessary and a complete waste of time. Mr. Fleming and the parents alos objected to the letter of instruction to this expert and the expert himself. The parents are furious with this local authority and have instructed Brendan Fleming Solicitors to bring proceedings against Coventry City Council to recover the parents' expenses, loss of earnings and the cost of the holiday which they had booked for themselves and their children which they were forced to cancel by the local authority. "An immediate written apology to this family", said Mr Brendan Fleming today "sent directly to them or to via my offices at 165 Newhall Street, Birmingham would be a first step for this authority to recognise and to have insight into the nightmare that they have put these parents and their children through." This local authority stands accused by these parents of minimising the damage they have caused to this family and their children and have demonstrated a complete lack of insight into how this case has affected their lives. This statement has been issued with the approval of the parents and Brendan Fleming Solicitors contactable at 165 Newhall Street, Birmingham. Direct line to Mr. Brendan Fleming is 07817001310 Some related news articles can be found here: BBC News The Independent Solicitors Journal Birmingham Post Furthermore the parents in the case have asked to give the following response points: "Response points to Colin Green press release. (in no particular order) from the parents in the case: · We have not received an apology. · We have chosen not to meet with Colin’s Lacky on their terms, on advice from solicitors. · We did not agree the need for the medical report of M. · We did not agree on their choice of expert. · We did not agree the cost was necessary. · We did not agree the letter of instruction. · The conclusion of M’s report does not conclude that this is a case of FII (fabricated or induced illness) · We also suggested that the notes that M would be relying on could be indexed by another suitable party, improving accuracy and saving money. · We do not feel there was ever any effort from Coventry SS to support the family or help their welfare. Nor did they attempt to keep the family together as a unit, despite being offered options by the family. · The second time the SS attempted to remove the children, the people that made the decision had not read the Independent Social Workers report at all, other reports, or having spoken to the social workers involved, but made their decision based only on a brief reading of the report of Dr M. The admitted this on the stand in court. · D of Coventry Carers contacted Colin Green very early on in the case to raise her concerns with him in person. So Colin Green was aware of the case much earlier than he admits. · All allegations of neglect were dropped by SS earlier in the high court case. · M’s initial report was based purely on the files of medical notes and with no other source of information. By his own admission, many of this note were difficult to read or illegible. He also recorded messages passed between GP and clinics, as being presentations of the children which they were not. Greatly increasing the apparent number of visits. · The GP and hospital consultants that had seen and treated the children did not support the SS allegations."

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