R (Chromatic) v Westminster – On the Improper Denial of Disability Support and the Reversal of Statutory Intent

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⟡ Very Very Snobby Post No. 633.A

THE RETALIATORY REMOVAL OF DISABLED CHILDREN IN NEED

Or, How Section 17(10)(c) Was Ignored in Favour of Statutory Amnesia and Bureaucratic Cowardice

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Metadata

Filed Date: 13 July 2025
Reference Code: SWANK-A12-S17C-DISABILITYFAILURE
Court File Name: 2025-07-13_Addendum_S17_Failure_DisabilityRights
1-Line Summary: Statutory guidance on children in need was clear. Westminster chose not to read it.

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I. What Happened

Between 2023 and 2025, Polly Chromatic, mother of four disabled U.S. citizen children, formally requested disability-related support from Westminster Children’s Services under Section 17 of the Children Act 1989.

Instead of lawful support, she received:

• Silence

• Delay

• Institutional evasion

• And ultimately, retaliatory removal

Westminster failed to:

• Conduct assessments

• Provide services

• Coordinate medical support

• Integrate disability accommodations

• Or follow legal guidance on how to serve families in need

Instead, they escalated to child removal without lawful threshold, using the absence of services to justify the rupture they caused.

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II. What the Complaint Establishes

The text of Bromley’s Family Law (p.633) and the Children Act 1989 confirm that:

• A disabled child is, by definition, a child in need under s.17(10)(c)

• Local authorities must provide services to minimise the effect of disabilities

• The duty applies before any safeguarding intervention, not retroactively

Westminster violated every one of these principles:

• No disability register

• No service integration

• No plan

• No proportionate justification

• No adherence to Articles 3, 23, and 24 of the UNCRC or Article 8 ECHR

Instead, Westminster launched a coordinated reputational attack — distorting disability into dysfunction — then used it to sever the family.

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III. Why SWANK Logged It

Because Bromley’s page 633 isn’t hidden. It’s standard.
Because Section 17 isn’t flexible. It’s binding.
Because retaliation isn’t safeguarding. It’s misconduct.

This post documents a reversal of legal intent:
A statutory duty was ignored, then used as a vacuum to justify forced removal.

Every social worker involved had access to this page.
And chose to act as if its contents were negotiable.

They weren’t.

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IV. Violations

• Children Act 1989, s.17(1)(a), s.17(1)(b), s.17(10)(c) – Statutory breach

• Children Act 2004 – Failure to coordinate or integrate disability support

• Equality Act 2010 – Discrimination in service access

• ECHR Article 8 – Unlawful interference with family life

• UNCRPD Articles 7, 23 – Denial of rights related to disability and family unity

• UNCRC Articles 3, 24 – Health, development, and wellbeing actively undermined

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V. SWANK’s Position

To deny disability support, then penalise the resulting instability, is not safeguarding — it is sabotage.
To refuse to assist, then remove, is the bureaucratic equivalent of entrapment.

This post is now filed in the SWANK Evidentiary Catalogue as part of our:

• Retaliation Through Misuse of Law audit

• Disability Discrimination Index

• And upcoming submissions to international rights bodies

Because support denied is harm inflicted.
And in this case, it was inflicted with full knowledge of its legality — and with contempt for its consequence.

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