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Is it perjury to lie in the family courts and if so, what are the maximum penalties for committing perjury?
Hi
In my experience even when it’s been proved the other party has lied there is no penalty whatsoever. I would guess it maybe depends on the judge, his even called the ex a liar but failed to punish her in any way.
Harli
My experience is pretty much the same as Harli has said.
Ex claimed DV...got legal aid for 18mths until finally got a judge to order a Finding of Fact hearing after yet another stoppage of contact by the ex. at that hearing under oath and with her solicitor and a barrister on her side....she admitted under cross examination from me (self repping) that i'd never hit her....she went on to claim that the police had lied in her statement to them that had me arrested for an icident she made up....and that she had never told them that i'd hit her only that we'd been arguing and i was trying to take my child away from her.
Her side tried to get her to shut up and asked her several times if she realised what she was saying...she said yes and that i'd never hit her like she'd been claiming for all that time and the reason for her stopping contact.
the judge quickly told her off....and that was it! no other reprimand no threat of contempt of court no nothing!
There should be proper penalties for perjury. There is absolutely nothing to discourage women like this from lying. His ex lied to Cafcass, the police, social services and the court with no comeback from anyone. It made him feel she was untouchable and really affected his self confidence.
I feel the same, if they tackled this properly, using existing contempt laws, youd find a drastic reduction in lying in court... they do it because they can!
Same goes for breaches of Orders, the courts already have the armoury to tackle this, thats whats so maddening.
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