Editing Universal Medicine (section)

=== UK child protection court case ===

In January 2020, Judge James Meston QC ruled that a mother must make "an immediate and definitive break" from "Universal Medicine... a cult with some potentially harmful and sinister elements" or face losing custody of her daughter. He also found evidence put forward by the father "relating to the harmful and potentially harmful influence and effect of Universal Medicine to be compelling." The ruling, that the mother should "give formal, clear and specific undertakings" to the court that she would disassociate herself and her child "from Universal Medicine and from its specific practices" was appealed by the child's father. In May 2020, three senior judges allowed the appeal, saying the girl "must be distanced entirely from Universal Medicine" and that the mother's involvement with the cult is a "pervasive source of ongoing harm" to the young girl. [[Peter Jackson (judge)|Lord Justice Peter Jackson]], sitting with [[Richard McCombe|Lord Justice McCombe]] and [[Eleanor King (judge)|Lady Justice King]], said: "Shared care can therefore only continue if the mother makes an immediate and definitive break from the organisation. Otherwise Lara (not the child's real name) should move to live with her father full time and have supervised contact with her mother."<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mum told to leave "harmful and sinister cult" or face losing custody of daughter |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-told-leave-harmful-sinister-21948582 |last=Kershaw |first=Alison |date=2020-04-29 |website=mirror.co.uk |publisher=MGN Limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502030425/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-told-leave-harmful-sinister-21948582 |archive-date=2020-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Re S (A Child) [2020] EWCA Civ 568 |url=https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed210729 |last=Approved Judgment |date=29 April 2020 |website=Family Law Week |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200502065422/https://www.familylawweek.co.uk/site.aspx?i=ed210729 |archive-date=2020-05-02}}</ref><ref name="Times May 2020">{{cite news |last=Brown |first=David |date=2020-05-02 |title=Court tells mother to break with Universal Medicine 'cult' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/law/article/mother-told-by-court-of-appeal-to-break-with-universal-medicine-cult-tw55lsrff |work=[[The Times]] |location=UK |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200502034421/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mother-told-by-court-of-appeal-to-break-with-universal-medicine-cult-tw55lsrff |archive-date=2020-05-02 |url-status=live |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

In July 2020, the mother lost custody of her daughter after failing to make a "full-hearted" break from the cult and its "harmful teachings and beliefs". The court ruled that her involvement with the group was a "source of ongoing harm" to the child.<ref name="irishexaminer">{{cite news |last1=Kershaw |first1=Alison |title=Mother loses custody after failing to make 'full-hearted' break from 'harmful' cult in UK |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40018688.html |work=Irish Examiner |date=2020-07-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721120022/https://www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-40018688.html |archive-date=2020-07-21 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Royal Courts of Justice |date=2020-07-15 |title=Re S (Parental Alienation: Cult: Transfer of Primary Care) Case No: ZC19P00137 |url=https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2020/1940.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200722130037/https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Fam/2020/1940.html |archive-date=2020-07-22 |website=BAILII |publisher=England and Wales High Court (Family Division) Decisions}}</ref>