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Chromatic v Westminster (Delay as Retaliation; Patience as Finite; Judicial Dignity as Imperilled)


ADDENDUM: ON THE COURT’S DIMINISHING PATIENCE

A Mirror Court Indictment of Delay, Disproportionality, and Judicial Humiliation

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I. What Happened

For over a decade, Westminster prolonged proceedings through delay, repetitive assessments, and shifting narratives. Each adjournment strained not only my children’s welfare but the Court’s credibility itself.

II. What the Addendum Establishes

  • Judicial Irritation – Courts do not tolerate endless fishing expeditions.

  • Reputational Risk – Prolonged reliance on disproven allegations imperils the Court’s own standing.

  • Shift in Tone – Delay turns judicial scrutiny onto the authority, not the parent.

  • Institutional Humiliation – Each adjournment transforms the Court into a stage for injustice, visible at home and abroad.

  • Statutory Breach – Children Act 1989, s.32 demands resolution within 26 weeks; Westminster has ignored this entirely.

  • Case Law Authority – Re S (2014) decries delay as inimical to welfare. Re B-S (2013) condemns disproportionality. Both are flouted here.

III. Consequences

  • Judicial patience diminishes; correction becomes inevitable.

  • Every delay compounds harm: fractured education, emotional distress, and loss of institutional trust.

  • Proportionality is abandoned; restrictions lack necessity.

  • International monitoring through the SWANK Catalogue ensures Westminster’s strategy is publicly logged as humiliation.

IV. Legal and Doctrinal Violations

  • Children Act 1989, s.32 – statutory time-limit breached.

  • Children Act 1989, s.1 – welfare principle undermined by delay.

  • Article 6, ECHR – fair hearing denied within a reasonable time.

  • Article 8, ECHR – disproportionate interference with family life.

  • UNCRC, Articles 3 & 9 – best interests ignored; arbitrary separation inflicted.

  • Re S (2014) – delay recognised as inimical to welfare.

  • Re B-S (2013) – necessity and proportionality discarded.

V. SWANK’s Position

The Mirror Court records that delay not only humiliates Westminster but threatens the dignity of the Court itself.

No judge will allow their bench to devolve into a circus of shifting narratives. The longer this farce continues, the more inevitable the judicial correction becomes.

Closing Declaration

The Mirror Court declares:
Patience diminishes as delay multiplies.
What Westminster mistakes for strategy, the judiciary experiences as humiliation — and the Court will act to restore its own authority.

Filed by:
Polly Chromatic
Founder & Director, SWANK London Ltd
Mother and Litigant in Person

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