" surely this case is reason enough why family courts should be open to the public..."

" to jail a father for waving to his own children brings the entire legal system in Britain into disrepute..."

" the court's did nothing for these children...they were left to get justice for themselves..."

" a damning indictment on family law..."

" criminals walk free amongst us...there's nowhere to put them..instead, we jail a father who waved to his kids..."

This is one man's harrowing story of frustration and determination as he battled for access rights to his young daughters following the bitter break-up of his marriage. Incredibly, his was a journey that spanned almost ten years, with 133 hearings by 33 judges, and which reportedly cost the taxpayer over GBP1 million. What should have been a "simple contact dispute" somehow resulted in this innocent family man effectively being criminalized by the family courts, resulting in a stretch on the A Wing of the infamous Pentonville prison, which housed convicted murderers, terrorists, gun runners and drug dealers. Mark Harris eventually took his case public and the campaign for fathers' rights took off - with the formation of Fathers 4 Justice. This is a shocking story that deserves to be heard.

Any father whose got nowhere in the family courts when trying
to maintain his relationship with his children may well think he lost out
for a variety of reasons; because his case was not put properly, the judge
did not listen, the welfare report was bias or some other likely reason for
why the injustice took place.

By reading 'Family Court Hell' it should become apparant that farce and
injustice is dished out routinely in the family courts-if your children's
mother simply opposes you seeing them. Fathers up against a mothers'
hostility will usually get no where at all-especially when young children
are involved-as the courts avoid being put in the position of having to
enforce any order upon a mother. They would rather demonise the father
instead and pick him off as an individual troublemaker. Truth, justice or
even the children's welfare is simply not on the agenda. You are not alone,
this is just the way they operate.

FINAL PARAGRAPH; " It is one thing to tolerate divorce, as perhaps we must do in a free society. It is another to use the power of the state to impose it on unwilling parents and children. When courts stop dispensing justice, they must start dispensing injustice. There is no middle ground."