Chromatic v Westminster: Re Hornal's Four-Minute Evasion and the Appearance of Coordination

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⟡ SWANK Evidentiary Catalogue

2025-07-22_SWANK_Addendum_KirstyHornal_ContactObstructionPatterns.pdf

Filed date: 22 July 2025
Reference Code: SWANK-CTK-HORNAL0714
PDF Filename: 2025-07-22_SWANK_Addendum_KirstyHornal_ContactObstructionPatterns.pdf
1-Line Summary: Kirsty Hornal’s 14 July 2025 email illustrates bureaucratic evasion and failure to confirm contact rights.

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I. What Happened

On 14 July 2025, Polly Chromatic (mother and procedural intermediary) emailed Westminster Children's Services confirming three vital appointments for her U.S. citizen children: a contact centre planning video call, the actual video contact with her children, and a property exchange scheduled for 15 July.

Kirsty Hornal responded at 14:26 — four minutes before the 2:30pm planning call — simply noting that she “cannot be in the meeting” due to being “in court,” without offering confirmation of video links, names of assigned supervisors, or any concrete logistical details.

This type of last-minute evasion is a recurring obstruction strategy by Westminster’s social workers — one that maintains the appearance of responsiveness while enacting de facto delay.

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II. What the Complaint Establishes

1. Chronically Last-Minute Response Timing
   Hornal replied to a formal three-point contact coordination request just before the scheduled planning meeting, effectively sidestepping responsibility.

2. Refusal to Provide Necessary Logistics
   No link for the planning meeting was provided. No names were confirmed. No accountability mechanism was invoked.

3. Pattern of Deliberate Evasion under Bureaucratic Formalities
   Despite using professional email signatures and boilerplate disclaimers, Hornal’s actual conduct reveals disregard for child contact clarity, maternal coordination, and court compliance.

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III. Why SWANK Logged It

This email — like many others — forms part of the “velvet mismanagement” pattern: a style of institutional noncompliance that relies on tone-politeness and procedural delay to mask obstruction.

SWANK archives such conduct because it demonstrates a type of aesthetic sabotage — the performance of formality without the function of care.

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IV. Violations

• Article 8 ECHR – Right to private and family life (contact sabotage)

• Children Act 1989, s.34(1) – Contact should not be unreasonably withheld

• Public Law Working Group Best Practice (2021) – Emphasises clarity and consistency in contact planning

• UNCRC Article 9 – States must ensure children have regular contact with both parents

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V. SWANK’s Position

Westminster’s 14 July 2025 correspondence is emblematic of its contact regime: unaccountable, reactive, and clothed in bureaucratic indifference.

Let the record show that SWANK rejects the theatre of procedural politeness that leaves four children without emotional continuity, routine, or clarity — all while their supposed protectors send emails from courtrooms, cite duty numbers, and confirm nothing.

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