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Guidance on Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System for Practitioners

30 Jan 2025

The Family Justice Council has today published its Guidance on Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System for Practitioners. This is an important document which links with Nagalro's forthcoming March 2025 Conference. You can read the full... Read more

Practice Guidance from Family Division

24 Jan 2025

The President of the Family Division has issued two pieces of Practice Guidance which may be of assistance to members: * Practice Guidance on the use of Intermediaries, Lay Advocates and Cognitive Assessments; and * Public law cases... Read more

Practice Guidance on cases transitioning from DoLs list to the CoP

13 Jan 2025

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane has issued Practice Guidance on dealing with cases transitioning from the DoLs list to the Court of Protection in cases where the child is aged between 16 and 17 years. To read the... Read more

PRESS RELEASE - ONE LAW FOR ALL: NAGALRO REPEATS ITS CALL FOR CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF CHILDREN TO BE OUTLAWED

13 Dec 2024

NAGALRO'S RESPONSE: Urfan Sharif, convicted of murdering his daughter Sara Sharif, claimed that ‘I legally punished my child’. Sara’s name must now be added to the awful catalogue of children murdered by their parents and carers in the name of... Read more

Ensuring Adherence to the Public Law Outline in London

29 Nov 2024

Mr Justice MacDonald, the Family Presiding Judge for London, issued a local practice note yesterday. Although this is a local practice note for London, it closely aligns with the information given by the President and Mr Justice Keehan in their PLO... Read more

Public Law Working Group (PLWG) Adoption Report

07 Nov 2024

Recommendations for best practice in respect of adoption Public law working group (adoption sub-group) - October 2024 The final report of the public law working group was published on the 7 November 2024. The most important section for... Read more

Nagalro Officers Meet with the President of the Family Division

30 Jul 2024

On 30 July 2024, the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer of Nagalro met with Sir Andrew McFarlane in his chambers. The discussions included: DoLS orders and the shortage of therapeutic mental health provision to avoid children being held... Read more

Important Information about ISWs and Legal Aid

04 Jul 2024

Since April 2023 Nagalro has been attempting to discuss with the Ministry of Justice (Legal Aid Agency) the issue of the hourly rates payable to ISWs in cases where the fees are paid through the Legal Aid Agency. We have been asking the LAA and MoJ... Read more

Nagalro Open Letter to Government Urges the End of Deprivation of Liberty Orders for Children Not in Therapeutic Care

06 Mar 2024

FAR AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES WITH NO CLEAR, EXIT PLAN Nagalro Open Letter to Government Urges the End of Deprivation of Liberty Orders for Children Not in Therapeutic Care Following Nagalro’s 2023, multi-disciplinary conference on the growing use... Read more

Nagalro is proud to support the Children at The Table campaign

27 Jan 2024

What does Children at The Table mean? Making sure politicians across Government work together to improve the lives of babies, children and young people Putting children’s needs and voices at the heart of decision making Investing more of the... Read more

Nagalro Responds to Assault on Family Court Judge in Milton Keynes

04 Dec 2023

Nagalro Responds to Assault on Family Court Judge in Milton Keynes Nagalro extends its sympathy to the judge who was assaulted in court by a litigant on 29 November 2023 and hopes that our professional colleague will make a speedy... Read more

Nagalro Response to the Public Law Working Group Adoption Consultation

23 Nov 2023

Recommendations for best practice in respect of adoption: interim report To read the Nagalro Response to the Public Law Working Group Adoption Consultation please click here Read more

Nagalro Press Release: HOW THE GAPS IN CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ARE BEING FILLED BY THE COURTS AND DRUG DEALERS

25 Aug 2023

Analysis of NHS data by mental health charity Young Minds has shown that, in May 2023, there were record numbers of children referred to mental health crisis teams. According to Nagalro, because there are nowhere near enough mental health... Read more

Nagalro response to mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse: call for evidence

19 Aug 2023

To read the Nagalro response to the above please click here In the light of the responses to the above, the Home Office published a further consultation which closed on 30 November - please click here to read the Nagalro response Read more

Nagalro Officers meet Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division

20 Jul 2023

On the 7 July 2023 Nagalro Chair, Yvonne Wilson, Vice Chair, Fiona Wallace, and Treasurer, Kathy Butcher, met with Sir Andrew McFarlane, the President of the Family Division. Julia Hughes, Nagalro’s Company Secretary, joined the meeting virtually... Read more

Illegal Migration Bill. Joint Briefing from Article 39 and endorsed by Nagalro

28 Jun 2023

Nagalro fully supports Article 39's briefing asking Peers to protect our universal child welfare system, by removing Clauses 15 and 16 from the Bill. Click here to read the briefing in... Read more

Psychologists as Expert Witnesses in Family Courts

16 Jun 2023

In the light of the decision in Re C (Parental Alienation) [2023] EWHC 345 Fam, the Family Justice Council and the British Psychological Society have jointly issued guidance on the instruction of psychologists as expert witnesses in the family... Read more

Nagalro endorses Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and Its Impact on Children

01 Jun 2023

Nagalro endorses this Joint Parliamentary Briefing: The Illegal Migration Bill and Its Impact on Children. 25 May 2023 BASW, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the British Medical Association, the Refugee Council and Medical... Read more

Nagalro joins calls to end smacking Children in England

24 May 2023

Nagalro wishes to support the calls, made by NSPCC and Barnardo’s last March, to end corporal punishment for children in England. The devolved governments in Scotland and Wales have already changed their laws so that all children receive the same... Read more

Report from Nuffield Family Justice Observatory re 'Ethnicity of children in care and supervision proceedings in England'

23 May 2023

To read the Nuffield FJO report titled 'Ethnicity of Children in Care and Supervision Proceedings in England' please click here Read more

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