Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:10 PM
Subject: Amended Email:- VERY URGENT:- Letter from Barry Hunter, Court
Manager, Kingston Upon Hull Combined Courts
23/9/04
Dear Mr Barry Hunter, Court Manager, Kingston Upon Hull Combined Courts
OFFICIAL COMPLAINT(amendments to earlier email sent today)
Due to all this continued abuse I am suffering by all the 'public-bodies',
Humberside Police and the Courts, as a neurodiverse disabled person with
Asperger Syndrome and other SpLd's within the Kingston Upon Hull and East
Riding of Yorkshire locality and I will now be asking Adrian Whyatt, to get
a 'legal-advocate' to move me out of the area immediately into a 'safe and
protected environment'.
Can you please send Mr Whyatt and myself a copy of your letter within my own
and his 'preferred-format'. As you are well informed that my
'preferred-format' is by email, then I am able to use my
'assistive-technology' to read your letter properly.
I have had great difficulties reading your letter in the format you have
sent it to me by post.
As I said, the Hull Combined Courts have been fully informed of all my
'access-needs' and are continuing to discriminate against me as a
neurodiverse disabled person, under the DDA and HRA and not meeting my
'full' access needs that I have been assessed as needing.
Also as I have informed the Courts I should be provided with a local
specialist lay advocate, as I have been assessed as needing, by Dr Shah and
others and is within my careplan, in which the Court have all these reports.
In future can you please c.c all future emailed correspondents to Mr Adrian
Whyatt, Advocate from London at:-
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I need to arrange an urgent appointment with yourself and Mr Whyatt with a
'legal-advocate' present, to discuss the contents and tone of your letter
urgently, that has caused me great distress.
I have also asked one of your officers to send me a full copy of the DfCA
complaints procedure within my 'preferred-format, but still have not
received a copy.
All your leaflets, court forms, and information are not available to all
disabled people within accessible 'alternative-formats'. I also have great
concerns that all Court Officers, Security Staff and Judges have a lack of
specialist training within Autistic Spectrum Disorders and Specific Learning
Difficulties and this means that I am being treated less favourably and I am
feeling discriminated and abused as a neurodiverse disabled person and my
behaviour is being totally misinterpreted and misunderstood, due to lack of
specialist training within the Court and by all the other 'public-bodies',
involved within my case.
You have had a report of my full 'access-needs' from Jo Todd, Key4Learning,
in which was commissioned by DfCA Court Service, but Kingston Upon Hull
Combined Courts and DfCA Court Services are not implementing and meeting my
'full' access needs within this report. This is causing me continual great
distress and 'high-anxiety' and inhumane and degrading treatment and denying
me right to an 'independent and impartial' fair hearing. I feel that I am
suffering 'injustices' and a serious violations of my conventional basic
human and civil rights as a neurodiverse disabled person.
I have brought various issues to the attention of the Court, especially
various incompetence's within equal opportunities practices procedures and
also security protocols, in which has caused me great concern, as a member
of the public. This is why I especially brought to the attention of security
guards and the Court Officers, when I visited the court, on
Tuesday(21/9/04), the serious lapse within security in me be able to gain
access , through to the court staff, when I entered the interview room, that
I usually use with your staff, that was left open and if I was a violent
and unreasoned person, then a member of your staff could have been put
'at-risk', for this,then I am being victimised now by the Court, in which is
totally unreasonable
As you are well informed I have always used my 'assistive-technology' in
the past without any problems and this has witnessed by Adrian Whyatt,
Advocate, so why are you now changing your protocols, in me, now not being
allowed to use my 'assistive-technology'; i.e audio and video recorder?
I was only informed on Monday, for the first time, when I have been visiting
the Courts now, since about March or earlier this year, that I am now 'not'
allowed to use my 'assistive-technology'. Why was my advocates or I never
informed of this earlier by Kingston Upon Hull Combined Courts and the DfCA
Court Service?
No one had ever explained to me the reasons for not being allowed using
audio and video equipment, until this was brought to my attention by Neil
Anderson and the other officer when I visited the Court, on Monday to issue
proceedings, that I can't bring in my 'assistive-technology', under the
Terrorism Act 1935.
As I said, in the past security guards and the court officers have never
informed and brought this to my attention, or to the attention of my
advocates, legal-advocates on this matter, until I visited this
Monday(20/0/04), for the first time. Also. for the first-time Mr Neil
Anderson, took me to the posters, in which are not very visible to members
of the public, both disabled and non-disabled and has I said this was the
first time this was explained to me.
I need to bring it to your attention of the misunderstanding, a about my
'right to peaceful protest'.
I was informed on the 20/8/04, when I visited the Court, 'in-front' and with
Mr Whyatt being present, in which when this was relayed to us both, that
District Judge Besford said that I had the basic human and civil 'right to
peaceful protest' within the courts and this is my conventional basic human
and civil right, as a disabled E.U citizen. So why has this decision now
been changed by the Courts and I am not now allowed my right to peaceful
protest?
I am 'not' violent man and my behaviour is misinterpreted and misunderstood,
as a neurodiverse person, due to lack of specialist training within my
impairments and also the lack of Disability Equality Training within the
Courts by all staff, including security guides and Judges.
I feel that I am being targeted now for bullying and victimisation for
making complaints about my access needs and bringing attention to lapse in
security to the courts.
In my opinion, I don't agree that I am not allowed to use my
'assistive-technology' within the Courts, in which is my basic human and
civil rights, under the DDA and HRA. You have not given me any
'legal-justification' why I can't use my 'assistive-technology; and
'aid-memoirs' within the Courts, except under the Terrorism Act 1935, that I
would question if this is relevant legislation towards disabled people who,
like myself need 'assistive-technology' and there needs to be clarity on
this issue by the DfCA to all disabled people, then 'we' all know what our
basic human and civil rights are in using our 'assistive-technology' within
the Courts across the U.K.
When will I be able to access the courts again to issue all the proceedings
against the various 'public-bodies', that I started on Monday ? Can you
please inform Mr Whyatt, advocate the conditions and protocols, that you
have now put in place within my case for me being able to enter the Kingston
Upon Hull Combined Courts.
I don't want to cause any distress to any court staff or security guards and
this is not my intentions.
I have always tried to show great respect to all the court procedures and
protocols and to all court staff, security officers and Judge Besford, under
all the 'immense stress', that I am under and suffer all the time as a
neurodiverse disabled adult, but I have not being given access to an
independent and impartial' 'fair-hearing' within all my cases and all my
access needs are not being met to allow me to have the equality of
opportunities within my conventional basic human and civil rights to a
'fair-hearing', in which has not been the case up to today's date.
I feel that I am being discriminated and abused in all my complaints going
through the DfCA Court Service. No-one is informing or sending me the
information that I have requested on the DfCA complaints procedures and what
'stage' I am at within the 'due-process' of the DfCA complaints procedure.
Why?
It's myself who being caused continual great distress as a neurodiverse
disabled person by the continued discriminatory attitudes and behaviour and
'neglect' of all my 'needs' being met, by all the national 'public-bodies',
Court and Government departments and their is failure of duty of care, that
I am also experiencing this abuse by all the 'public-bodies', Humberside
Police and Courts within my case,within the Kingston Upon Hull and East
Riding of Yorkshire locality. This is impacting on my psychological and
physical health and wellbeing and I feel that I can't trust anyone anymore
and feel in a perpetual state of 'ontological-insecurity' and feeling
totally 'ignored' and abused.
I am being inappropriate mislabelled as a 'criminal', in which I take great
offence by the Court assertions and that of all the other 'public-bodies',
especially when as a neurodiverse disabled professional I have a strong
ethical and moral code around transparency and being candid and 'honest. I
feel that I am being lead unknowing into committing 'criminal acts', by all
the 'public-authorities', Humberside Police and the Courts, who are failing
in their duty of care towards me in protecting me from suffering continuous
'neglect' and great 'harm and suffering' and I feel that I have and continue
to suffer inhumane and degrading treatment within my case after all these
years
I have the right as a neurodiverse disabled person to assert my basic human
and civil rights and being treated fairly and not with total disrespect and
contempt and discriminatory disablist attitudes and behaviour and
continually 'victimised and bullied' by the Court and the DfCA Court Service
and all the other 'public-bodies' that you are well informed.
I am feeling discriminated and abused and feel continually 'at-risk', as a
neurodiverse disabled person and unsafe and unprotected in entering the
Kingston Upon Hull Courts, Humberside Police or any of the other
'public-authority' buildings locally within the Hull and East Riding of
Yorkshire locality, without having the appropriate 24/7 specialist support
workers and independent advocates, that I have been assessed as needing, but
none of the 'public-bodies are meeting my full access and health and social
care needs continually at today's date.
As I said can you please inform Mr Whyatt and I what is happening to all my
complaints that I made to the Kingston Upon Hull Combined Courts and DfCA
Court Service. Where are they within the 'due-process'? I made new
complaints to your court officers on Monday and Tuesday, but received 'no'
acknowledgements and responses to these complaints. Why?
I am sending copies of this email to my advocate Adrian Whyatt, then he can
get in touch with legal-advocates', on my behalf urgently. Mr Whyatt is also
in contact with various ministers within my case and writing a report to
Angela Browning, M.P and Stephen Ladyman, M.P and others about my case. Mr
Whyatt, then needs to be sent a copy of your letter urgently.
Also to DfCA Court Service, London and also Norman Green, National Autistic
Society, Paul Shattock, World Autism Organisation and Autism Europe, Dr
Linda Misek-Falkoff and Tina Minkowitz, NGO representatives at the U.N
Disability Treaty Working Group and also I am sending a copy of this email
to Sheila Pearson, Official Solicitors office.
I am also sending a copy of this email to all local public authorities and
other within the local, national and international disability movement and
the media.
Kind-Regards
Your Sincerely
Mr Colin Revell
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