Some judges are incompetent
12-May-2008
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What do you think? Judges - They need to be jailed or made to cough up the readies to make up for their general incompetence and the mistakes they make.

I have been divorced for 4 years, was married for 14.  My ex-wife worked in a travel agency when we met and has never had a career of her own.  I work in sales so no schmoozing or entertaining has ever featured in my home life.  She has never been instrumental in any achievements I have made in my job.

Judges, laywers, courtroom

She kept the house, the contents and the car

As a dad I’ve always participated fully at all stages with the children, from night-time feeds to nappy changing and entertaining them.  When we parted the children were 13 and 7.  She kept the house, the contents and the car as well as the children having residence although full access for me was assumed.  This was all arranged between us.  I also offered to pay £1000 per month (way over the amount demanded by the CSA!) for child maintenance.  I have never failed to meet my obligation even though when I moved out I had no job.

At no time have I considered it my duty to pay her any spousal maintenance.  She gave up nothing when she married me.  In fact, she was 28 and had not progressed in any sort of career – she worked in a travel agency.  She is fit and healthy and at 46 could easily do a full time job, but chooses not to.  She has equity of about £90k in the house plus savings and I have nothing saved as I pay it all to her already.

Recently I wanted to formalise the money side of things with my ex because I’ve met a new partner and we’ve bought a house together.  I would like to pay my daughter her share of the child maintenance directly to her when she starts university and the same for my son when he reaches 18.  Remember I’m still paying £1000 a month, though it is becoming difficult now that I’ve got a new mortgage and other outgoings.  My salary is not huge and relies to a great extent upon bonuses earned by me and not guaranteed.

The judge at the county court decided to my horror and utter disbelief that I should reduce the amount of child maintenance I give for the children, give it to my ex wife instead and add another wad on top. When I asked how long this would be for, his answer was that it would be for life!  So, the situation if I go along with this is that I will now work my whole life and she will be able to sit on her backside and treat her new boyfriend to a good time on MY MONEY!  The injustice of it burns, but even more galling is the fact that the judge (who went to the wrong city at the start of the day delaying the proceedings – what sort of confidence does that instil in you?) took absolutely no account of my expenses/mortgage/bills, and my right to a decent life as well.

Now, I realise the judiciary of this fine country are virtually infallible, but after just 10 minutes with the paperwork and without asking any questions at all, this geriatric twerp felt suitably confident in his own brilliance to make this most asinine pronouncement.

His decision was one that will condemn me to penury for ever; prevent me interacting with and treating my children and also bring an end to all activities that we can enjoy together including sport and training etc, etc.  It’s outrageous that he can smugly dismiss my arguments without recourse to any higher authority.  The only option left is to take it all the way to court and find the vast sum of money that a trial will cost.

Judges need to drop the patronising attitude, become accountable to the public and suffer consequences of their actions just like anyone else in society.  This particular judge is a ridiculous old fool and needs to be pensioned off, or better still contribute some of his fat pension fund to the victims of his outrageous and smug incompetence!!!!

By: Aardvark


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This, unfortunately, is typical. Women often initiate a divorce influenced by peer pressure and women's magazines and why not? It must be tantamount to winning the lottery, especially if their husbands have been hard working. Look at the latest cases in the news.

Why should a man have his finances vandalised in this manner? How does anyone hit back at the incompetent and often senile judges who commit these affronts against common sense?

Why shouldn't the e-wife support herself, especially if she initiated the divorce? In my experience, women often use the money given by the ex-husband to provide for the children, on clothes, booze and cigarettes for themselves.
*Simon  17-Apr-2008 17:08

 
A judge let a paedophile off lightly because prisons are overcrowded. Matthew Skuse, 37, was jailed for just two-and-a-half years for an horrific sex attack on a girl of four.

A paediatrician told a court her injuries were the worst he had seen in 35 years. The maximum sentence is 10 years.

But judge Paul Clark said the country’s senior judge, Lord Woolf, had warned that prisons were overcrowded and courts should bear this in mind. He told Oxford Crown Court: “In view of the Lord Chief Justice’s comments, I think this is a case where I should keep the sentence shorter than I otherwise might have.”

Surely, someone at this trial should've actually informed the judge on what a paedophile is?
*Mike  10-Mar-2008 11:16

 
A labourer was given 17 life sentences for a terrifying campaign of rape, torture and attempted murder. After his conviction a judge lifted a reporting ban on a trial nine months previously when he was given 16 life sentences on 43 charges of rape, wounding and other offences against two girls over many years. He set fire to one girl, carved his initials on a girl's body and branded her with hot pliers.

The judge said he should serve at least 23 years. That's TWENTY-THREE years for SEVENTEEN life sentences!
*Mike  10-Mar-2008 11:02

 
A vicious rapist who has a history of violence, including convictions for raping a 13-year-old girl as well as assaulting two women, is on the run after being released from prison on licence. A spokeswoman for the Home Office said, "The decision to release a prisoner on licence is made by the judge when he passes sentence or a parole board. But everyone is fully risk-assessed before they are released." But, despite being a dangerous sexual offender and disregarding the terms of his release on more than one occasion, he was still deemed fit for release.

Simply unbelievable!
*Mike  28-Feb-2008 12:19

 
havent you got it yet? judges are humans and have their own problems and bias and dont always act in an appropriate manner even though they should.they are g**s.
*noname  07-Feb-2008 23:00

 
no matter if she has a new man or doesnt work outside the house, you owe it to your child to provide for him, you made him and if you choose to have another life, then they have to allow for him, you cant just delete him because you want to move on.
*miss reasonable  07-Feb-2008 22:35

 
The top Judge Lord Phillips wants prison sentences halved. Yes even for murder
The top judge before him Lord Woolf said first time burglars should NOT be sent to jail
See this web site about what happens when england is soft on criminals

Not many people seem to know how many pensioners are murdered and these are the only ones I have heard about

74 pensioners murdered by thugs, many others seriously injured because the law and police have ASBO’s and a hundred other ways to let criminals off and other criminals let out of prison early.
England's most senior judge has called for shorter jail terms for murderers.

14 June 2006 - 53 people sentenced to life since 2000 in England and Wales have already been released on licence, ministers have disclosed. The release of the lifers, including rapists and murderers, was "absolutely disgraceful" Tory MP David Davies said.
Go to the web site below and write to your MP and say what you think the law should do before you are someone in your family is killed.
http://uk.geocities.com/pensioners_deaths
*Michael  28-Sep-2007 11:46

 
£83.34 fine for killing Marc Downing 22yo - May 2003 Women driver had no tax, insurance or MOT-

In the same court that day a motorist was fined £443 for hitting a tree. HOW can the life of a person be less important than a tree?

03 Jun 04 The mother of Marc Downing killed in a hit-and-run accident in Newquay May last year says she is furious after the driver was fined £83 and banned for two years. She said: "I felt humiliation. It was adding insult to injury. "The fine is less than a year's road tax." Denise Downing after the Bodmin magistrates fined Matthews £83.34 she "broke down".
Cornwall coroner Dr Edward Carlyon recorded an 'Open verdict.

If you don't believe this ... search in Yahoo for Marc Downing or other search engines

11 May 2006 A High Court judge ruled to allow nine Afghan hijackers ....... involved in a four-day stand-off at Stansted Airport in 2000, could stay in Britain because it was unsafe for them to return home.

THE LAW HAS GONE MAD
*Michael  28-Sep-2007 11:35

 
Please look up only yesterdays case concerning Denise Rowley and as to what the Appeals Judges said.

Judges never look at the bigger picture, just for a quick result
*unta  20-Jun-2007 17:03

 
Additional to the above.

Spoke to my solicitor today who had been to court again for another client. She spoke some of her colleagues re my case. None of them could believe how bad the decision had been. Added to that, the particular judge involved's court clerk said she thinks he's losing it. She has to repeat all sorts of information to him only minutes after telling him the first time. ALSO.....today he went, once again, to the wrong city for the court cases he was hearing. It is time someone intervened and removed him from the court register of judges!!!!
*Aardvark  30-Aug-2006 20:34

 
What you should have done, like in most cases in this country, is not followd the legal procedure of paying maintenance. This way, with the state of the CSA you woould not be paying any money at all. Once again the honest working person has been penalised for doing the right thing!!!
*simmy276  25-Aug-2006 13:55

 
Feminists give women like me who really do believe in equal rights a bad name.

Family law and child support law are both asinine.

James, you really need to appeal this. Your case is terrible.
*Morgaine  23-Aug-2006 13:06


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