Home News & Resources News & Resources – Children’s Guardian / Family Court Adviser Please see our latest News articles below. Nagalro written evidence to 2022 HoL Select Committee Inquiry on Children and Families' Act 2014 - is the Children and Families Act 2014 fit for purpose? Impact of the repealed provisions of s1(5) 24 May 2022 Written evidence from NAGALRO (CFA0010) HOUSE OF LORDS CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ACT 2014 SELECT COMMITTEE INQUIRY The 2022 House of Lords Select Committee on the Children and Families’ Act 2014 - adoption, care proceedings, special needs: Inquiry... 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 Nagalro Response to the 'Case for Change' by the Independent Review of Children's Social Care 29 Nov 2021 Please click here to read the Nagalro Response to the 'Case for Change' by the Independent Review of Children's Social Care. submitted on 12 August 2021 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 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 Cafcass Domestic Abuse Learning and Improvement Plan - June 2021 14 Jun 2021 Please click here to download the Cafcass Domestic Abuse Learning and Improvement Plan June 2021 Also Cafcass Domestic Abuse Practice Pathway Cafcass Domestic Abuse Practice Guidance Read more 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 Nagalro response to the Cafcass protocol for the prioritisation of casework. 25 Nov 2020 Nagalro response to the Cafcass protocol for the prioritisation of casework. Nagalro is in the process of investigating the decision by Cafcass to only allocate the highest priority work in South Yorkshire and Humberside. Nagalro is very... 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 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 From Active Participants to Passive Auditors: Nagalro's concerns about the diminishing role of the Children's Guardian 21 Oct 2019 Introduction Applications to remove or replace the children’s guardian are rare enough. A successful application, rarer still. The decision of Mrs Justice Theis, in LR v A Local Authority & Others [2019] EWFC 49 (Fam), in which the court... Read more Nagalro Press Release raising concern about the role of the Guardian 04 Sep 2019 Nagalro is concerned that Cafcass public statements have disseminated inaccurate information on its website, which appear to dilute the role of the Children’s Guardian and minimise their legal obligations. A number of recent judgments have... 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 Social Workers and Children's Guardians in the family justice system A research based future 21 May 2019 A talk by Sir James Munby at the 30th anniversary celebration of Nagalro at Gray’s Inn on 21 May 2019 Download presentation here Read more Nagalro Guide to the Cafcass Professional Time Guidance 2019 How to Interpret and Lawfully apply Cafcass' 'Draft Guidance on the use of Professional Time 25 Jul 2018 Download document here Read more Child Welfare professionals warn of unacceptable risks arising from time managed Cafcass Policies 10 Apr 2018 LEADING CHILD WELFARE PROFESSIONALS WARN OF UNACCEPTABLE RISKS ARISING FROM TIME MANAGED CAFCASS POLICIES For immediate release on 10 April 2018 Nagalro and seventeen other professional bodies and individuals have issued a Joint Position... Read more Who Guards the Guardians? Article by Nagalro and ALC published in Family Law 01 Feb 2016 Download full article here Read more Oxford Evaluation. The contribution of experts in care proceedings 19 Apr 2012 EVALUATION OF INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK REPORTS IN CARE PROCEEDINGS Dr Julia Brophy Charlie Owen, Judith Sidaway, Dr Jagbir Jhutti Johal Department of Social Policy and Intervention University of Oxford Download report here 19 April 2012 Read more Back to News Home First12Last