Chromatic v Hornal: On the Impropriety of Escalation in the Face of Exculpation

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Why Kirsty Did This – A Case Study in Retaliatory Safeguarding

Filed in the Mirror Court of Poisoned Process and Procedural Recompense

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Metadata

Filed: 24 July 2025
Reference Code: SWANK-KH-0726
PDF Filename: 2025-07-24_SWANK_Analysis_KirstyHornal_RetaliatorySafeguarding.pdf
1-line Summary:
An annotated dissection of Ms. Kirsty Hornal’s escalation from safeguarding agent to procedural antagonist.

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I. What Happened

On 23 June 2025, Westminster Children’s Services removed four U.S. citizen children from their home based on a safeguarding report initiated by a false medical allegation — later formally refuted by the NHS itself.

The professional in charge of that intervention?
Ms. Kirsty Hornal, social worker, Westminster.

Rather than withdraw once exonerating evidence was provided — or correct her course when confronted with documentation — Ms. Hornal intensified the intervention, increased restrictions, and obstructed parental contact, even under supervision.

Polly Chromatic, the children’s mother and a Litigant in Person, responded not with chaos — but with court filings, diplomatic notifications, and eventually, a criminal prosecution.

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II. What the Complaint Establishes

Kirsty Hornal’s conduct reveals a deliberate pattern of retaliatory safeguarding. Her actions were not grounded in evolving risk, but in institutional face-saving and personal control.

Key indicators:

• Safeguarding concerns escalated after the mother refused silence

• False intoxication claim formed the core of the EPO — later refuted by NHS Resolution

• Contact sessions were policed with emotional hostility and repressive control

• Professional boundaries blurred as procedural power was used to silence lawful dissent

• The social worker was named in legal filings and continued to influence the case

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III. Why SWANK Logged It

This was not just misconduct — it was litigation-triggered safeguarding abuse.

Westminster’s safeguarding powers were weaponized against a mother who:

• Is American

• Is medically disabled

• Home-educates

• Challenges bad decisions

• Writes everything down

Kirsty Hornal’s actions reflect a threat model familiar to SWANK:
When a parent becomes too precise, too strategic, too unimpeachable — safeguarding becomes punishment, not protection.

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IV. Violations

Kirsty Hornal’s conduct may constitute the following breaches:

• Children Act 1989 – Misuse of emergency powers

• Equality Act 2010 – Discrimination against a disabled parent

• Article 6 ECHR – Denial of fair participation and due process

• Data Protection Act 2018 – Misrepresentation of risk narrative

• Safeguarding Standards – Failure to act proportionately and neutrally

• Professional Misconduct – Grounds for SWE referral and criminal scrutiny

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V. SWANK’s Position

Ms. Kirsty Hornal mistook legal guardianship for narrative ownership.
She underestimated what happens when the parent she tried to silence…

…was a Litigant in Person
…with a U.S. passport
…armed with oxygen data
…and a registered trademark.

This case is no longer hers.
It belongs to the record.
And the record will not forget.

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Filed under Mirror Court Doctrine.

You escalate — we archive.

📎 Filed by:
Polly Chromatic
Director, SWANK London Ltd
Flat 37, 2 Porchester Gardens, London W2
director@swanklondon.com
www.swanklondon.com

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