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24 February 2021
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LNB news: Launch of the President of the Family Division's Public Law Working Group Final Report

On the website SurveyMonkey, President of the Family Division's Public Law Working Group has announced a free Zoom event aimed primarily at ‘professionals and practitioners working in the English and Welsh family justice systems, from family judges, local authority children's services and legal teams and Cafcass staff to barristers’

Lexis®Library update: Those wishing to attend are invited to join the President, Sir Andrew McFarlane, Justice Keegan, who led PLWG, as well as senior representatives from the Association of Directors of Children's Services, the Association of Directors of Social Services, Cafcass and Cafcass Cymru, Ofsted and the Chief Social Worker for England (Children and Families), in talking about the final report, the issues identified and longer-term recommendations, among other things.

The event will take place between 10.30 am and 12 pm on 9 March 2021 and joining instructions for the Zoom event are to be shared with registered delegates via email on 5 March 2021.

Source: Launch of the President of the Family Division's Public Law Working Group (PLWG) Final Report on Tuesday 9 March

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 23 February 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk

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