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We improve the lives of children and families by putting data and evidence at the heart of the family justice system.

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Children’s experience of private law proceedings: Six key messages from research

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A focus on young people

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Children in the family justice system infographic

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event | 13/10/2021

Webinar: Why are more older children and young people entering care proceedings?

event | 09/06/2021

Webinar: Newborn babies in care proceedings

event | 18/02/2021

Webinar: making remote hearings accessible, fair and humane under COVID-19

event | 19/01/2021

Improving outcomes for children and families: Introducing the family justice data at the SAIL databank

event | 14/12/2020

Ask the authors – what does research tell us about contact between children in care or adopted and their families?

event | 06/10/2020

Improving remote, hybrid and socially distanced hearings in the family court

event | 23/06/2020

Pre-birth practice in socially distant times: challenges and innovations

event | 22/04/2020

Digital ThinkIn: the family courts after the COVID-19 crisis — what are we learning?

event | 17/04/2020

Digital ThinkIn: remote hearings — fair family justice?

event | 09/04/2020

Digital family contact time: sharing and building knowledge

event | 08/04/2020

Digital ThinkIn: can we do digital child protection and family justice safely – and fairly?

event | 18/11/2019

Supporting Separating Families Alliance scoping event

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What do we know about children in the family justice system?

Our quarterly infographic pulls together what we know, and what we don’t know, about children’s journeys through the family justice system from national data.

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About Nuffield Family Justice Observatory

We are an independent body, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.

The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory exists to find and fill the gaps in our understanding of the family justice system, highlight the areas where change will have the biggest impact, and foster collaboration to make that change happen.

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