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Surrey county council’s child safeguarding review report concerning Sara Sharif

13 Nov 2025

Surrey county council’s child safeguarding review report concerning Sara Sharif /_userfiles/pages/files/karensdocs/sscsprsscpreportforpublication131125.pdf Read more

Join the Children's Commissioner for the 2025 Longford Lecture

11 Nov 2025

Dame Rachel de Souza will be delivering the 2025 Longford Lecture, on the theme of: ‘Guilty until proven innocent: Every child’s right to freedom, fairness, and opportunity’. The Longford Lectures, hosted by the Longford Trust since 2002, are... Read more

Anti bullying week

10 Nov 2025

Anti bullying week is finally here. This year’s theme is Power for Good - a reminder that each of us can make a difference by speaking out, supporting others, and choosing kindness. To explore how each of us can harness our Power for Good –... Read more

'Suesspiciousminds' regarding 'Deemed threshold'

31 Oct 2025

https://suesspiciousminds.com/ The Court of Appeal have just given judgment in a case where the Court had made earlier orders saying that if the parents did not respond to threshold criteria by x date, threshold would be deemed to be met. The... Read more

Government to scrap presumption of parental involvement 'to protect children from abusive parents' - Community Care

24 Oct 2025

https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/10/22/government-to-scrap-presumption-of-parental-involvement-to-protect-children-from-abusive-parents/?utm_campaign=CC%20Snapshot%2023%20October%202025&utm_content=Top%20story&utm_term=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.community... Read more

London Family Justice Strategy - October 2025 Newsletter

22 Oct 2025

Dear London Family Justice Partners Please find attached, the second edition of the London Strategy Family Justice Newsletter, and the message from The President of the Family Division... Read more

'Everyday business: Addressing domestic abuse and continuing harm through a family court review and reporting mechanism’ report

16 Oct 2025

The Domestic Abuse Commissioner, Dame Nicole Jacobs, has this morning published ‘Everyday business – Addressing domestic abuse and continuing harm through a family court review and reporting mechanism’. Please find both the main research... 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

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

BESTIE - A toolkit for working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people. 2022.

30 Nov 2022

BESTIE - A toolkit for working with Gypsy, Roma and Traveller young people. 2022. Click here to download this resource. Read more

Haematological evaluation of bruising and bleeding in children undergoing child protection investigation for possible physical maltreatment: A British Society for Haematology Good Practice Paper

23 Sep 2022

Haematological evaluation of bruising and bleeding in children undergoing child protection investigation for possible physical maltreatment: A British Society for Haematology Good Practice Paper Click here to read the paper in full. Read more

Note issued by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (‘HCCH’) about cross border protection and intercountry adoption

21 Mar 2022

Children deprived of their family environment due to the armed conflict in Ukraine In the light of the number of children displaced from their homes and families by the war in Ukraine the Hague Conference on Private International Law (‘HCCH’) has... Read more

Family Justice Young People's Board launches book 'In Our Shoes'

28 Jan 2022

The Family Justice Young People’s Board (FJYPB) launched its first book, In Our Shoes on 27 January 2022. One of the greatest strengths of the board members lies in the members’ willingness and ability to share their experiences of the family... Read more

Nuffield FJO paper on children's experiences of private law proceedings

29 Oct 2021

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has recently published a new paper on children’s experiences of private law proceedings brings together the findings of 45 UK and international studies spanning 20 years (2000 - 2020). The research suggests... Read more

Supervision of Contact - Assessing Relatives and Friends (SCARF): Tool for assessing wider family and friends to support contact.

25 Oct 2021

Supervision of Contact - Assessing Relatives and Friends (SCARF): Tool for assessing wider family and friends to support contact. Click here to download Tool Read more

Urgent out of hours application for treatment/deprivation of liberty order (16 yr old; LA has PR): Judge finds the LA less than helpful.

20 Oct 2021

A very recent case is of interest where an NHS Trust applied to a Judge in the early hours of the morning for an urgent order so that blood tests and treatment be provided (there was concern about a significant risk of liver failure) for a 16 year... Read more

DfE Adoption Strategy published July 2021

27 Jul 2021

Click here to download the Adoption Strategy published by the DfE on 27 July 2021 Read more

Case For Change. Government's current independent review of Children's Social Care

17 Jun 2021

Please click on this link to download the update titled 'The Case for Change' from the Government's independent review of Children's social care. 17 June 2021 Read more

A rapid review of Evidence: Supporting and strengthening families through provision of early help

07 Jun 2021

A Rapid Review of Evidence by Amy Edwards, Roya Gharbi, Ava Berry, Robbie Duschinsky June 2021 This research is part of Living Assessments, a five–year research project on children’s health and social care funded by the Wellcome Trust in a... Read more

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