rug about to be pulled out from under fathers?

[threaded]

No there isn't. The judge is there to interpret the law as they see fit. The law is never cut and dried which is why one judges opinion will set precedents for years, until another judge sets a new precedent for the next few years...

to put the above into a more accessible form: "they make it up as they go along"

[BrilloPad]

I haven't read the article, nor do I intend to.

BUT - isn't there always an onus on the judge to ensure that the correct areas of the law are being applied? That's the case in all legal disputes, is it not??

One would certainly hope so. Which is why I think the real agenda lies elsewhere.

When a man wants something done there are 2 reasons. A good reason and the real reason.

[BrilloPad]

to put the above into a more accessible form: "they make it up as they go along"

absolutely. and in the cae of the 1989/1996 Children Act, they have turned the original on its head.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

to put the above into a more accessible form: "they make it up as they go along"

They do indeed. Each one holding court in his little empire. My solicitor told me with a straight face that each judge likes their cases presented in a certain way. No consistency. No accountability.