CRANMER on the UK’s secret family court system.
A secret court that meets behind closed doors to determine what happens to those who are deemed incapable of making decisions on their own behalf. The court can nullify a marriage without the consent of both parties (yes, really), and determine which parent gets which child with what visitation rights (if any at all), with draconian restrictions on all media reporting. And this court can also apparently force a foreign citizen to have an invasive medical procedure and seize her child against her will – because she is not foreign at all: she is an EU citizen.
This didn’t take place last week: it occurred 15 months ago, and has only recently come to light.
Christopher Booker writes well on this topic. Here are some relatively recent examples of his work: