My Story ~ One Woman's Voice ~ Page 4

It was my parental right to ask questions about these people. If this was a proper governed /regulated agency such as social work, some form of investigation would be in place.

In these court corridors of shame and distress, I observed parents/guardians crying, with no facilities to compose themselves, or have private interviews with their solicitors. I could have told you about three separate cases that were in progress within the building regarding child welfare that day.

The unethical practices of solicitors discussing children’s details, like cut price discounts, the jargon being thrown at people to comply, and threats of statements such as "you will go to prison" or "you will be fined". (Even in the DWP, you are allowed a private confidential interview to discuss your details.)

Why are we exposing children’s details in buildings and corridors of distress that also house court cases/interviews of child sex offenders?

On one occasion, at one of these procedural hearings, my companion (who is childless) was asked by a solicitor if she could watch over a young girl’s child while they went in to the closed court, as no children are allowed in.

I was so distressed at what I was being forced to expose myself and my children to, that I wrote to the Scottish Court Service headquarters in Edinburgh, in June 2006, about the sheer lack of facilities, the poor security in the building monitoring who is coming in and out of these areas, and received a reply back in July 2006, assuring me measures would be put in place. As noted in the following letter: from Scottish court service:

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Nothing ever materialised from this letter.

With regards to me and my personal case, three more of these independent non-biased reporters were ordered into my home, as I had refused to have any further dealings with the first reporter. (Referred to in the following letters.)

On one occasion in April/May I decided to be represented by a local firm of solicitors, as I was frightened and did not know any of the procedures, or jargon, and was advised by the sheriff at a previous hearing, to get myself legal representation.

On meeting my new solicitor, who was a female, I went along for a 10 minute consultation. In these corridors of distress, I was with my companion and stated to this solicitor that the pursuer had a history of violence towards me, and on one occasion had thrown liquid over me. The solicitor’s response was that it was perfectly normal for this to happen. My companion and I stood there, I had tears in my eyes thinking here was a professional getting paid to condone violence. My thoughts also went out to the mother who had acid/liquid thrown over her face in Edinburgh.

The firm noted in the letter below, who now had independent Reporter X working for them, threatened me that if I continued with my believed complaint they would stop acting. Needless to say I never wanted them to act for my child again after the condoning of violence and getting paid tax payers money for it

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