⟡ Virtual Contact Session: Post-EPO Access Obstruction & Institutional Soft-Footing ⟡
Chromatic v. The Calendar That Forgot the Court Order [2025] SWANK 32 — “They scheduled chaos. We logged clarity.”
Filed: 2 July 2025
Reference: SWANK/WCC/CONTACT-SUPPRESSION
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Institutional correspondence confirming limited contact, failure to consult on scheduling, and soft procedural deflection post-EPO.
I. What Happened
On 2 July 2025, Polly Chromatic, litigant-in-person and mother of four, received correspondence from Samuel Brown, Deputy Service Manager at Westminster Children’s Services. The email confirmed a virtual contact session at 10:00am, but only after the time was unilaterally chosen without any consultation regarding her availability. Polly Chromatic confirmed she would attend — explicitly noting that this did not constitute a waiver of legal rights.
The session occurred under difficult emotional conditions, with technical issues logged, and a duration arbitrarily capped at 30 minutes — despite more than a week of denied contact and the court’s direction for two supervised sessions per week. Subsequent attempts to normalise this limited access were met with institutional tone-softening and no acknowledgement of prior procedural breach.
II. What the Complaint Establishes
Contact was arranged reactively, not in compliance with legal direction.
The parent was not consulted before scheduling — a recurring procedural failure.
Session length and conditions failed to meet the urgency and emotional needs of the children.
Social workers positioned the session as a generous concession rather than a statutory obligation.
Contact planning remains arbitrarily controlled, with no meaningful accommodation of medical, legal, or emotional factors.
III. Why SWANK Logged It
Because when the court orders twice-weekly contact and none is provided for eight days, you are no longer managing risk — you are manufacturing it.
Because procedural courtesy does not erase structural delay.
Because every “soft” email is a hard-edged denial.
Because contact is not kindness. It is compliance.
And because SWANK does not negotiate rights. It logs who thought they were optional.
IV. Violations
Children Act 1989, §34 – Duty to promote regular contact between parent and child
Human Rights Act 1998, Art. 8 – Right to family life
Equality Act 2010, §149 – Failure to give due regard to protected characteristics and access barriers
Family Procedure Rules, Pt. 12B – Disregard for contact framework post-care order
Judicial Direction, Case No: ZC25C50281 – Non-compliance with supervised contact mandate
V. SWANK’s Position
This wasn’t contact. It was containment.
We do not accept unilateral scheduling disguised as coordination.
We do not accept 30-minute boxes as compensation for a week of silence.
We do not accept institutions mistaking procedure for permission.
She showed up because the law said so. They treated it like a calendar courtesy.
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