“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Recently Tried in the Court of Public Opinion

Chromatic v Westminster: On the Unseemly Practice of Corridor Compromises and the Evasion of Judicial Record


⟡ On Pre-Hearing “Deals” and the Cowardice of Corridor Justice ⟡

Filed: 28 September 2025
Reference: SWANK/LA/ADD-014
Download PDF: 2025-09-28_Addendum_PreHearingDeals_SWANKLegal.pdf
Summary: Records the Local Authority’s repeated attempts to coerce pre-hearing agreements in order to avoid judicial record.

I. What Happened

  • At multiple hearings, the Local Authority’s legal representative approached the mother before the case was called.

  • Each approach attempted to secure informal “deals” or concessions in lieu of raising matters openly before the judge.

  • The mother was unrepresented at those times, creating a coercive imbalance.

  • The effect was to suppress material issues from entering the judicial record.

II. What the Document Establishes

  • That the Local Authority prioritises narrative control over lawful transparency.

  • That its representatives fear judicial scrutiny.

  • That these tactics amount to procedural gamesmanship rather than safeguarding.

  • That unaccompanied parents are placed at unfair disadvantage.

  • That this conduct reflects a systemic pattern of concealment, not care.

III. Why SWANK Logged It

  • Legal relevance: undermines the fairness of proceedings.

  • Policy precedent: exposes coercive pre-hearing practices in safeguarding cases.

  • Historical preservation: records how truth was pressured off-record.

  • Pattern recognition: aligns with prior entries evidencing concealment and retaliation.

IV. Applicable Standards & Violations

  • Article 6 ECHR — right to a fair and public hearing.

  • Article 8 ECHR — proportionality and transparency in family life interference.

  • Equality Act 2010 — prohibition on disability-based disadvantage in participation.

  • Bromley, Family Law (15th ed., p. 640) — parental refusal of coercion is not neglect.

  • Merris Amos, Human Rights Law — secrecy undermines the Human Rights Act’s guarantees of open justice.

V. SWANK’s Position

This is not safeguarding. This is concealment.

  • We do not accept corridor muttering as judicial process.

  • We reject intimidation masquerading as negotiation.

  • We will document every whisper until the record itself stands as indictment.

⟡ This Entry Has Been Formally Archived by SWANK London Ltd. ⟡
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