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B A R R I S T E R A N D S O L I C I TO R
O F T H E F E D E R A L C O U RT S A N D T H E H I G H C O U RT O F A U S T R A L I A
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FAMILY LAW PROCEEDINGS – THURSDAY ADAMS (AN INFANT), ADAM ADAMS AND HAI KON YU
Recent Communications from the parties and the Independent Children's Lawyer
1. I refer to Mr Adam's facsimile to the Court of Tuesday evening.
2. I also refer to the disruptive correspondences emanating from the Independent Children's Lawyer over the
past 6 or 7 days seeking to throw the Final Hearing scheduled for next week, and indeed the carefully made
plans of the Adams family, into total disarray.
3. I advise that I am in the process of accepting instructions from Mr Adams to represent him for the Final
Hearing on Wednesday 27 July 2010. I will make and file the relevant notices with the Court once my
engagement is formalised. Until then, I ask that the Court's formal communications should continue to be
with Mr Adams as has been done up until now. My involvement will ensure that Mr Adams's case is best
presented next week. My engagement should not be suggested as furnishing any reason for putting off the
Final Hearing scheduled 3 ½ months ago to commence on Wednesday next week (quite the contrary, as I
explain below).
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Adams family for this Final Hearing to be put off from next week. The only way to bring an end to this “LAD”
behaviour (which has been demonstrated with gusto this week) is for the Final Hearing to proceed.
6. I am instructed that Her Honour recognised these disturbing aspects of the proceedings at the last hearing
in 2009 and this was Her Honour's reasons for setting the expedited 27 July 2010 trial date.
7. I am also instructed that all previous orders of the Court regarding pre-trial requirements have been
satisfied. Or, more precisely I am instructed that Mr Adams has complied with all orders relating to pre-trial
preparation of reports etc. And I am instructed that any suggestions to the contrary by the Independent
Children's Lawyer and/or the mum's lawyer are respectfully incorrect or irrelevant to the material issues for
the hearing.
8. Mr Adams's facsimile to the Court refers to the enormous effort for him, his parents and his brother, and his
witnesses (including substantial costs) and indeed his own arrangements for me to conduct his case next
week. These have taken many, many weeks and significant money to organise. The paternal grandfather
and paternal great-grandmother's special care needs are considerable and the trauma to the family
associated with any loss of the 27 July 2010 Final Hearing Date is enormous. The trauma to the family
associated with the mere (sic) suggestion of the loss of the 27 July 2010 hearing is enormous, and
wrongful.
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria (as obvious examples) have all voiced the same kinds
of concerns. I attach 6 one page attachments confirming this;
b. Secondly, much of the energies of the Independent Children's Lawyer, the court appointed
investigative children's reporter and the court appointed psychiatric investigator, and the much of th
eenergies of the mum's lawyer seem to have been devoted to what I would describe, with no
disrespect, as 'punishment' towards Mr Adams for exercising his constitutional birth right of freedom
of speech. This has served as 'aggravation' of the LADS consequences of those misspent energies
felt by the entire Adams family. A vicious spiral has been created. And this has detracted from the
energies that might have been more productively devoted to focusing on the Adams family parenting,
grand parenting and extended family issues and mitigating the LADS pressures.
c. I would humbly request that the counsellors next week, focus on the Adams family issues rather than
these highly political freedom of speech issues, focus on the things that matter in the best interests of
the child, Thursday and the members of the (extended) Adams family.
Conclusion
15. I ask that the Court please provide (to Mr Adams) confirmation that the Final Hearing remains set down for
hearing on 27 July 2010 and no mention hearing will be taking place tomorrow in Mr Adams's excusable
absence.
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16. I would be grateful if Your Honour could provide this confirmation, as appropriate today if possible to avoid
further inconvenience or distress caused to the members of the Adams family by the last minute throwing of
their careful and complicated planning into threatened disarray.
Best wishes
JAMES JOHNSON
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