Home News & Resources News & Resources – Consultations Please see our latest News articles below. Article 39 Court of Appeal judgment. DoE is NOT seeking to appeal. ‘The Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020’ -statutory instrument: no 445 11 Dec 2020 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 27 Oct 2020 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 26 Jun 2020 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 14 Apr 2020 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 23 Mar 2020 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 30 Sep 2019 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 01 Sep 2019 Download Consultation PDF Read more Response MoJ Call for Evidence – Assessing risk of harm to children and parents in private law children cases 01 Aug 2019 Download Consultation PDF Read more Response to President's Guidance on reporting in Family Courts 02 Jul 2019 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 01 May 2019 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 15 Jan 2018 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 15 Sep 2016 CONSULTATION REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BUNDLES: PD-PD 27A Download consultation here Read more Response to consultation on McKenzie Friends 22 Jun 2016 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 11 May 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) 11 May 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 10 Mar 2016 Download submission here Read more Nagalro Response to the Family Procedure Rule Committee on children vulnerable persons 30 Sep 2015 Download response here 30 September 2015 Read more Response to Government consultation on Special Guardianship 15 Sep 2015 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 15 Sep 2015 Download response here 15 September 2015 Read more Debate: Enhancing the Participation of Children and Young People in Family Court Proceedings 20 Oct 2008 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. 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