Dateline: Aberdeen Central, Scotland
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Top MP Supports Bennett Case
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Quote From: Frank Doran MP

Mr Bennett's case shows that the legal aid system is insufficiently flexible in cases involving children. It needs to operate more quickly and more sensitively to the often complex legal issues involved.
If Mr Bennett's experience is anything to go by, the training of specialist family lawyers and the judiciary leaves a great deal to be desired.
This area should be looked at very carefully and consideration should be given to more robust assessment of specialist status."[/b][/i]

Real Fathers 4 Justice Statement
(Press Release Dated: 24/4/07)

What the Robert Bennett case entails and why they do not want you to know the truth is in relation at the manipulation of the law in secret family courts affecting both men and women whereby the authorities and the judicial organs can abuse their power with impunity.

In this case a father has been badly treated and unwittingly has fallen into a power battle between two jurisdictions; England and Scotland.
England and Scotland have separate and distinct laws.

Bennett's daughter was abducted unlawfully by the mother aided and abetted by the police and social services on unproven false and malicious accusations of domestic violence.

The mother abducted the child (who has Down's syndrome) and at ex-parte hearing in London, the mother was given residence order when the court, as has been admitted did not have jurisdiction to make such order.
The father eventually found where the mother was, but due to bad legal advice was not informed of the Hague Convention.

When the father discovered what this law was there glaringly appeared to be a gross miscarriage of justice, to boot whilst the mother has been given legal aid in two jurisdictions the father had been refused legal aid in both England and Scotland to challenge the unlawful orders.

Eventually granted legal aid at one stage the court gave permission to appeal on the issue of jurisdiction. Lord Justice Wall giving judgement admitted the court had no jurisdiction but stated until the English orders are removed they are not a nullity!

Divorce proceedings went on in Scotland and the divorce cannot be given until the children's matters are settled. The father insisted that the child be returned to her rightful home in Scotland.

He then obtained an order from the Scottish Courts that is child cannot be removed from Scotland, yet unbelievably the Scottish courts refuse to enforce their own order stating blithely they have no jurisdiction.
At hearing in the high court suddenly the matter was adjourned and up popped Lord Justice Potter. This is the appeal to be heard on Thursday April 26th 2007. It is an appeal against the refusal of Lord Justice Potter to remove the unlawful residence orders made without jurisdiction and various other matters.

The question here is will Lord Justice Thorpe (number two to Lord Justice Potter) do what Lord Justice Potter refused to do and remove the unlawful orders?

Lord Justice Potter hid behind the judgement of LJ Wall stating that he was bound by LJ Wall's judgement ignoring the inherent jurisdiction of the high court.

The law is on the father's side but given the current practice of ignoring the law the question will be; shall justice prevail and the law be obeyed when the English courts are seemingly locked in a power battle with the Scottish courts and wish to keep their dominance over them?
We urge all equal parenting campaigners to turn up and offer their support to Robert on Thursday, meet outside the Royal Courts of Justice at 9.15-9.30am for the hearing at court 68 10.30am 26th April 2007.

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