๐ฎ Dispatch: Supervision by Threat
Subject: Kirsty Hornal’s Email of 31 May 2025
Filed Under: Procedural Retaliation, Email Harassment, Disability Discrimination
๐ฏ Summary:
On 31 May 2025, Kirsty Hornal of Westminster Children’s Services issued a strikingly unprofessional communication declaring that Westminster Council was “applying to court for a supervision order.”
Not via legal service.
Not via formal case proceedings.
But via email. Casual. Unsanctioned. And profoundly coercive.
๐ญ This Was Not Safeguarding. This Was Threat Theatre.
1. Retaliation, Thinly Veiled
At the time of this email, the recipient — Director of SWANK London Ltd. — had a live N1 claim against Westminster City Council and affiliated public bodies.
Hornal’s statement appears surgically timed to:
Intimidate the claimant during active legal action
Punish refusal to submit to informal CIN procedures
Preempt judicial or regulatory scrutiny by manufacturing a pseudo-crisis
This is not child protection. It is a procedural counter-attack.
2. Procedural Misconduct by Omission
A lawful application for a supervision order must be preceded by:
Multi-agency safeguarding discussions
Escalation through the Public Law Outline (PLO)
Clear, evidence-based risk thresholds
Ms Hornal bypassed all of this.
There was no lawful trigger.
Only retaliation — typed, sent, and CC’d.
3. Disability Discrimination (Weaponised)
The recipient has a documented written-only communication policy, grounded in medical evidence of:
Eosinophilic asthma
Muscle tension dysphonia
PTSD linked to state harassment
This email violated that adjustment, knowing it would destabilise the recipient.
To do so in the name of “child welfare” is a grotesque inversion of duty.
4. Breach of Legal and Professional Standards
The act violates multiple frameworks simultaneously:
Children Act 1989 – Misuse of safeguarding pathways
Equality Act 2010 – Disability adjustment ignored
Social Work England (SWE) Code of Ethics – Abuse of power
LGSCO Maladministration Standards – Procedural unfairness, lack of proportionality
5. A Documented Pattern
This is not an isolated episode.
Similar escalations have occurred precisely when:
Legal filings were made
Complaints were submitted
Medical boundaries were asserted
The evidence points to a systemic pattern of retaliatory safeguarding, well-documented in SWANK’s legal and police records.
๐ Concluding Position:
This is not “liaison.”
This is not “support.”
This is targeted coercion masquerading as child protection — emailed, unfiltered, and procedurally rotten.
Filed by:
Polly Chromatic
Director, SWANK London Ltd.
Flat 22, 2 Periwinkle Gardens, London W2
✉ director@swanklondon.com
⚠ Written Communication Only – View Policy