Home News & Resources News & Resources – Practice Directions and Guidance Please see our latest News articles below. 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 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 Transparency v The Privacy of the Child 02 Apr 2021 The Court of Appeal has just handed down its decision in Re M in which a freelance journalist sought access to the case papers for a complex set of care/placement order proceedings. Lady Justice King dismisses the appeal by the journalist against... Read more Court of Appeal Guidance on Domestic Abuse and Findings of Fact 02 Apr 2021 From 19 to 21 January 2021, the Court of Appeal heard four conjoined appeals in relation to finding of fact hearings in private law cases where domestic abuse was raised as an issue. There were several interveners, including the ALC. On 30 March... Read more The 1996 Hague Convention New guidance for local authorities to deal with cross-border child protection cases 09 Jan 2021 On 6 January 2020 the DfE issued new guidance for local authorities to deal with cross-border child protection cases. The new guidance is required because, for countries in the EU, these issues would previously have been dealt with under a European... Read more Family Justice Board statement on priorities in family justice 14 Dec 2020 The Family Justice Board statement on priorities for the family justice system. This sets out the planned priorities to deal with the backlog of cases which we now face as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. Download the statement... Read more Nagalro Guidance to Members during the November 2020 Lockdown 06 Nov 2020 Please click on this link to download the Guidance. Read more Message from the Lord Chief Justice and senior President of Tribunals re new Covid-19 restrictions for England 02 Nov 2020 To read the message please click on this link https://www.judiciary.uk/announcements/message-from-the-lord-chief-justice-and-senior-president-of-tribunals-new-covid-19-restrictions-for-england/ Read more Court of Appeal decision about how to approach parents having contact with children during the COVID-19 pandemic 15 Aug 2020 The Court of Appeal handed down its decision in Re D-S (Children) which explains how we should approach decisions around contact between parents and children who are subject to interim care orders. To read full judgment Re D-S (Contact with... Read more Multi-agency statutory guidance on female genital mutilation 30 Jul 2020 This statutory guidance is being issued by the Government under section 5C(1) of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 20031 and extends to England and Wales only. Section 5C(1) states Click here to download the guidance Read more The Family Court and Covid-19 - The Road Ahead 09 Jun 2020 From the Office of the the President of the Family courts. This document seeks to establish a broad framework for the Family Court by attempting to chart the road ahead over the next six months or... Read more FLBA Video Conferencing Guide CVP 05 Jun 2020 The FLBA have produced this guide for advocates using the new Cloud Video Platform (‘CVP’) for video hearings. This information will help those who are asked to give evidence at a remote hearing using this particular platform. CVP is an online... Read more Nagalro seeks guidance specifically for ISWs on how to work safely during the pandemic 27 Apr 2020 On 3 April 2020 Nagalro wrote to the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, asking for guidance specifically for Independent Social Workers on how to balance honouring their obligations to the courts and work within restrictions to... Read more Re P (A child: Remote Hearing) Approved Judgment 22 Apr 2020 A judgment from the President on the issue of when there should and should not be video hearings. Click here to download document. 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 Practice Direction 27a – Family Proceedings: court bundles 31 Jul 2018 https://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/family/practice_directions/pd_part_27a 31 July 2018 Read more President’s Guidance: Listing Final Hearings in Adoption cases 20 Apr 2018 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/pfd-guidance-doption.pdf 10 April 2018 Read more Joint ADCS, Cafcass and ADSS Cymru s20 Practice Guidance 01 Apr 2016 Down document here Read more Transparency Project: s20 Practice Guidance 02 Feb 2016 This guide is about making decisions to use s.20 and how it should be done. It is not a legal document. Download here Read more HHJ Bellamy Practice Guide: the use of Section 20 of the Children Act 01 Feb 2016 HHJ Bellamy Practice Guide: the use of Section 20 of the Children Act Download article here February 2016 Read more Back to News Home