ADDENDUM: ADMITTED PROCEDURAL BIAS – ASSESSOR’S PRIOR REVIEW OF LOCAL AUTHORITY BUNDLE
A Mirror Court Indictment of Prejudgment, Confirmation Bias, and Welfare Subversion
Metadata
Filed: 2 September 2025
Reference Code: SWANK–BIAS–ASSESSOR
PDF Filename: 2025-09-02_SWANK_Addendum_AssessorBias.pdf
Summary (1 line): Assessor admitted she pre-read the Local Authority’s bundle, proving the assessment was biased and invalid.
I. What Happened
During assessment, Tammy — the appointed assessor — admitted she had read the Local Authority’s evidentiary bundle before ever meeting me. This was not inference but confession. Neutrality was abandoned at the threshold.
II. What the Addendum Establishes
Confirmation Bias
She entered the process primed to validate the LA’s allegations, not to test them.
Loss of Objectivity
I was not evaluated on neutral terms but through the lens of one-sided narrative.
Violation of Independence
Assessments cannot be impartial when aligned in advance with the Local Authority.
III. Consequences
Assessment reduced to a mirror of the LA’s case, not independent judgment.
My children’s welfare filtered through bias, their voices silenced by presumption.
Disability accommodations and parenting capacity distorted by preconceptions.
Welfare principle inverted: Children Act 1989, s.1 ignored.
IV. Legal and Doctrinal Violations
Children Act 1989 – welfare principle breached; consultation duty ignored.
Equality Act 2010, s.149 – Public Sector Equality Duty disregarded.
ECHR – Article 6 (fair trial) and Article 8 (family life) violated.
Professional Standards:
Social Work England – independence and evidence-based practice abandoned.
CAFCASS Operating Framework – impartiality breached.
Case Law Ignored:
Re B-S (2013) – evidence-based proportionality demanded, not prejudgment.
Re G (2003) – fair trial requires impartial assessment.
Re W (2010) – children’s voices must be heard directly, not filtered.
A v UK (1998) – Article 8 requires justification and proportionality.
V. SWANK’s Position
This was not an assessment. It was prejudgment repackaged as evaluation. Neutrality collapsed the moment Tammy admitted she had read the LA bundle first. What followed was not safeguarding, but the institutional echo of Westminster’s script.
Closing Declaration
The Mirror Court declares: impartiality cannot be confessed away. The assessor admitted her bias, and with it, the procedural unsafety of the Local Authority’s case. What she produced was not assessment but mimicry — and it is hereby archived as proof of collapse.
Filed by:
Polly Chromatic
Founder & Director, SWANK London Ltd
Mother and Litigant in Person