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Article 39 Court of Appeal judgment. DoE is NOT seeking to appeal.

‘The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020’ -statutory instrument: no 445

The Court of Appeal found the Secretary of State for Education to have acted unlawfully in removing safeguards for children in care by failing to consult the Children’s Commissioner and other bodies representing the rights of children in care before... Read more

Remote hearings in the family justice system: September 2020 follow-up consultation

The President of the Family Division asked the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory to undertake a rapid consultation on the use of remote hearings in the family court. The consultation ran for a two-week period from 14 to 28 April 2020 and well over... Read more

MoJ report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases

The Ministry of Justice has today published the Final Report on “Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases”, by the panel of experts undertaking the work. In May 2019 the Ministry of Justice convened a panel of... Read more

Nagalro response to the President’s Two-week rapid consultation on remote hearings in the Family Court

The President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane announced the commencement of a 2 week rapid consultation on the use of remote hearings in the family justice system, starting on 14th April. This research project was undertaken by the... Read more

Covid-19: Update from Nagalro

Check government guidance regularly

Covid-19 The Covid-19 outbreak imposes very significant challenges for all of us.  Nagalro members including ISWs, Children’s Guardians and Family Court Advisers carry out extremely important work often under challenging circumstances.  However,... Read more

Response President’s consultation Best Practice Child Protection

Recommendations to achieve best practice in the child protection and family justice systems

Nagalro welcomes the opportunity to respond to this consultation and thanks the various working groups for their work and their recommendations. In general terms, we welcome the recommendations and believe practice would be greatly enhanced if the... Read more

Response President’s consultation The Child Arrangements Programme private law

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Response MoJ Call for Evidence – Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases

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Response to President's Guidance on reporting in Family Courts

Response by Nagalro to the Presiden'ts draft Guidance to reporting in the Family Courts 2 July 2019 Download consultation here Read more

Response Social Work England Consultations

SWE Fitness to Practice Rules - 2019 Download Response fitness to practise pdf SWE Professional Standards - 2019 Download Response professional standards pdf SWE Qualifying Education and Training Standards - 2019 Download Response... Read more

Response to the FRG Care Crisis Review

A sector-led review of the rise in applications for care orders

Nagalro Response to Care Crisis Review - A sector-led review of the rise in applications for Care orders and the number of children in care facilitated by Family Rights Group Download response here Read more

Response proposed amendment to bundles: PD-PD 27A

CONSULTATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BUNDLES: PD-PD 27A Download consultation here Read more

Response to consultation on McKenzie Friends

Nagalro response to Reforming the courts’ approach to McKenzie Friends - A Consultation Download consultation here Read more

Open letter in response to DoE paper: Adoption - a vision for change

March 2016

Open Letter from Nagalro in response to the policy paper: Adoption:  A vision for change (Department of Education, March 2016) Download letter here Read more

Open Letter from Nagalro in response to policy paper: Adoption: A vision for change (DoE), March 2016)

Open Letter from Nagalro in response to the policy paper: Adoption: A vision for change (Department of Education, March 2016) Download here Read more

Submission regarding Lords EU Home affairs inquiry unaccompanied minors in EU

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Nagalro Response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee on children vulnerable persons

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Response to Government consultation on Special Guardianship

Nagalro Response to the Government Consultation on Special Guardianship 16 September 2015 Download PDF here Read more

Nagalro Response to the Government Consultation on Special Guardianship

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Debate: Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Court Proceedings

Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Court Proceedings A debate was hosted by the Family Justice Council in the Parliament Room at the Inner Temple, London EC4, on Monday October 20, 2008.  The Family Justice... Read more