‘A 13 year old boy was refusing to obey High Court orders that he spend time with his mother following his parents’ separation. After three years of failed attempts to persuade him to see her, the court asked the Tipstaff’s office to enforce an order that he be collected from his home with his father and taken to spend four weeks with his mother in a ‘protective placement’. (The Tipstaff is an officer of the High Court, based at the Royal Courts of Justice, who can be called on by the court to enforce orders and warrants in England and Wales.) The boy refused to go with them and claimed he was physically assaulted by the court-appointed officers.’
Transparency Project, 20th July 2025
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
