Home News & Resources News & Resources – Children’s Guardian / Family Court Adviser 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 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more Response to President's Guidance on reporting in Family Courts 02 Jul 2019 Response by Nagalro to the Presiden'ts draft Guidance to reporting in the Family Courts 2 July 2019 Download consultation here Read more Social Workers and Children's Guardians in the family justice system A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 Family Justice Review (FJR) endorses Guardian's role but ducks serious failures in current services 03 Nov 2011 Download press release here Read more President’s landmark judgement re-asserts independence of Children’s Guardians as vital element in protecting children against poor social work practice. 14 Jul 2011 President’s landmark judgement re-asserts independence of Children’s Guardians as vital element in protecting children against poor social work practice. Download press release 4 July 2011 Read more Justice Committee Report: Cafcass is not child-focused and requires major change 14 Jul 2011 Download press release here 14 July 2011 Read more Children will pay the price if social workers are excluded from being expert family court witnesses 30 Apr 2010 Download press release here 30 04 2010 Read more Targets alone will not save children – they need high quality independent professionals who listen 07 May 2009 Download press release 07 May 2009 Read more 25 Years of Guardians - Where Next? Presentation by Judith TImms OBE 28 Apr 2009 Presentation by Judith Timms OBE at Nagalro seminar held at Wells Street Family Court in April 200 Download presentation here Read more Time for Children - Cafcass Public Law work 2009 Cafcass Public Law Work - a survey of Nagalro members 04 Feb 2009 Cafcass Public Law Work – a Survey of Nagalro Members In 2009 Nagalro became increasingly concerned about the anxieties expressed by our members who were working for Cafcass, whether employed, bank staff or self-employed contractors, about their... Read more Back to News Home