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Share Your Family Justice Experience

CFJA is collecting organised evidence from parents, carers, professionals and affected families about long parent-child separation, court process, safeguarding concerns, supervised contact, and professional decision-making in the UK family justice system.

Years lost cannot be appealed. Childhood cannot be put on hold.
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Important: CFJA gathers experiences to identify patterns and inform public discussion. We do not make legal findings, verify every allegation, or provide legal advice.
1. Purpose 2. Who can submit 3. What to provide 4. What happens next 5. Policies

The childhood moments families cannot rewind

Scroll through the ordinary childhood memories that can be lost when safe contact, review or reunification planning is delayed.

12 lost-memory cards. Use the buttons, swipe on mobile, or drag the row sideways.
Years lost cannot be appealed. Childhood continues while proceedings, delay and separation remain unresolved.

Useful information may include anonymised experiences, general themes, procedural concerns, patterns of delay, supervised contact experiences, access to justice concerns, and the wider impact of long-term parent-child separation. Please do not include identifying details relating to children, parties, professionals, schools, addresses, case numbers, medical identifiers, or confidential/unredacted documents.

Share your experience

This form is interactive: open the dropdowns that apply, tick the relevant issues, then explain the key facts in the summary box.

Evidence dashboard preview

As submissions grow, CFJA can publish anonymised totals to show national patterns without exposing families.

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Important: Please avoid including children’s names, dates of birth, addresses, school names, case numbers, medical identifiers, or full names of professionals unless strictly necessary and lawfully shareable. Anonymous submissions are encouraged. Please redact documents before sending or uploading them.
For privacy, this form does not ask for a detailed case summary. Please use the tick-boxes and general issue categories only. Do not include names of children, addresses, case numbers, schools, medical identifiers, or unredacted court/professional documents through this page.
Your submission reference

A reference number is automatically created to help organise submissions, evidence tracking and future correspondence.

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Before submitting: Do not upload information that puts a child or vulnerable person at immediate risk. Remove unnecessary identifying details where possible.
Providing an email address is optional. CFJA does not publish personal contact details and submitting information does not create legal representation.
Step 1
How to complete this form

Complete the basic fields first, then open only the sections that apply to you. The tick boxes help categorise common patterns; the written summary should explain dates, context, and evidence.

Step 2
Basic information questions

These questions collect the minimum information needed to understand the submission.

Length of parent-child separation
Your role
GLO
GLO / Class Action Lawsuit Evidence Box
What does your evidence prove? Solicitor review checklist

Tick the points that apply. This helps organise evidence in the way a solicitor may review a possible Group Litigation Order, group claim, class action lawsuit, public inquiry, redress scheme, or wider reform case.

Common issue / legal pattern
Legal grounds shown by the evidence
Documents a solicitor may ask to see
Harm, causation and loss
Step 3
Court process questions

These questions help identify procedural patterns and decision-making issues.

Fact-finding and evidence
Professional recommendations
Orders and transcripts
Contact process
Legal Representation & Funding Experience




Information relating to legal funding, representation quality, and access to justice may help identify wider systemic themes and barriers experienced by families within proceedings.
Optional
What were you accused of?

These questions help identify whether allegations were tested, evidenced, withdrawn, accepted, or relied upon without findings. Tick only what applies and give details in the summary box below.

Type of allegation
How was the allegation dealt with?
Evidence relating to the allegation
Impact of the allegation
Step 4
Child-focused questions

These keep the submission centred on the child’s welfare, relationship needs and impact.

Child impact
Child’s needs
Reunification and alternatives
Child-focused outcome sought
Step 5
Evidence held

Tick any evidence you have or may be able to provide later.

Court documents
Professional records
Communication evidence
Impact evidence
Optional
Professional participation: advise, guide or assist
For psychologists, social workers, therapists, legal professionals, researchers, educators, safeguarding specialists and other experienced professionals.

Use this section if you would like to support the campaign by advising, guiding, reviewing themes, assisting with evidence categories, or contributing policy knowledge. Your contribution can help make future recommendations more balanced, credible and child-focused.

Professionals participating must comply with confidentiality obligations, court restrictions, safeguarding duties, employment policies, and applicable law. CFJA does not request unlawful disclosure of restricted material.

Optional
Whistleblower / professional disclosure section

Protected and anonymous disclosures

Professionals, former professionals, support workers, contact supervisors, court staff, educators, healthcare staff, safeguarding workers or observers may provide information where they believe there are systemic concerns, unsafe practices, procedural issues, conflicts of interest, or failures affecting children and families.

This section is designed for people who witnessed concerns professionally or through direct involvement. Anonymous submissions may be possible where lawful and appropriate.

Your position / involvement
Type of concern observed
Evidence or knowledge held
Disclosure preference
Optional
GLO / class action lawsuit / reform route interest
CFJA is not currently issuing a Group Litigation Order claim or class action lawsuit. This section helps assess whether common or related issues may justify legal advice on group litigation, public inquiry, judicial review, or redress options.
Possible route
Public-interest use
Data Protection
Data Security, Storage and Participant Protection
Your Privacy and Security Matter: We understand that sharing personal experiences and information requires trust. CFJA is committed to handling all information responsibly, securely, and transparently.
How we will store your information
Our commitment to participants
Data Protection Officer / Data Protection Lead
Who may contact you
Sharing with solicitors and professional advisers
Can a solicitor contact you directly?
Data retention
Your rights and removal requests
Security confirmation: By submitting, you understand how your information will be stored and protected, who may access it, who may contact you, and the verification steps CFJA will use when contacting participants.
Consent and use: By submitting, you understand that CFJA may record and categorise your information for research, public awareness, campaign planning, and evidence mapping. CFJA does not provide legal advice and does not make legal findings.
Please confirm the consent statement before submitting.
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Submission recorded

Your information has been organised into the CFJA evidence intake structure. You can keep your submission reference for future correspondence or evidence updates.

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Evidence Categories & Supporting Information

To assist future research, policy analysis, expert review, and potential collective litigation preparation, participants may identify the types of evidence they currently hold. This structure is designed to help establish patterns, procedural themes, and evidential consistency across cases.

Important: You are not required to upload documents at this stage. This section simply identifies what evidence may exist and what categories of material could later support independent review, expert analysis, or possible litigation preparation.
GLO solicitor evidence review checklist

Tick what your evidence helps prove. This helps organise material in the way a solicitor may review it for a possible Group Litigation Order: common issues, repeated patterns, documents, harm, causation, loss, and whether the same failure affected multiple families.

1. Court Documentation
Select Available Court Evidence
Information Required
  • Court location and year
  • Type of proceedings
  • Key procedural concerns
  • Length of proceedings
  • Whether findings were made
  • Whether evidence was challenged
2. CAFCASS / Social Services Evidence
Select Available Evidence
Information Required
  • Whether parties were interviewed
  • Whether evidence was independently verified
  • Whether allegations were challenged
  • Whether domestic abuse concerns were considered
  • Whether safeguarding alternatives were explored
  • Whether reports impacted contact or residence
3. Domestic Abuse & Safeguarding Evidence
Select Available Evidence
Information Required
  • Nature of safeguarding concerns
  • Whether concerns were considered by the court
  • Whether findings were made
  • Whether unsafe contact was alleged
  • Whether protective measures were explored
  • Impact on children and parent-child relationship
4. Financial & Legal Impact
Select Available Evidence
Information Required
  • Approximate legal costs
  • Whether legal aid was effective
  • Financial impact of proceedings
  • Employment impact
  • Mental health and wellbeing impact
  • Long-term family impact

Optional Future GLO & Secure Contact Registration

Anonymous submissions help identify patterns and systemic concerns. If individuals later wish to participate in research, expert review, media engagement, policy development, or possible future collective legal action, they may optionally provide secure contact details below.

Important: This section is entirely optional. Providing contact details does not create legal representation or legal advice. Information would only be used for future communication relating to campaign updates, research, or possible legal coordination.