Council composition
To ensure an appropriate spectrum of of experience and skills, the membership of the Council includes:
- Members of the judiciary
- Members of the legal professions
- Civil servants concerned with the administration of the family courts
- Persons with experience in and knowledge of healthcare
- Persons with experience in and knowledge of socialcare
- Persons able to represent the interests of particular users of family courts (such as parents groups and children's groups)
Executive Committee Members
- Lord Justice Thorpe
- District Judge Nicholas Crichton
- Malek Wan Daud
- Alison Russell QC
- Bridget Lindley
- Dr Elizabeth Gillett
- Nick Goodwin
- Beverley Sayers
Full Family Justice Council Membership
Chair
Sir Nicholas Wall (ex officio) President of the Family Division
Lord Justice Mathew Thorpe Deputy Chair
Members:
Mrs Justice Parker - High Court Judge
HHJ Katharine Marshall - Circuit Judge
Rachel Karp - District Judge
Nicholas Crichton - District Judge (Magistrates’ Court)
Martyn Cook - Magistrate
Mark Andrews - Justices' Clerk
Alison Russell QC - Senior Barrister
Malek Wan Daud - Junior Barrister
Caroline Little - Public Law Solicitor
TBC - Private Law Solicitor
Dr. Elizabeth Gillett - Child Mental Health Specialist
Dr. Heather Payne - Paediatrician
TBC - Assistant Director of Children's Services
Professor Anne Barlow - Academic
Beverley Sayers - Family Mediator
Bridget Lindley - NGO representing interests of parents
Sue Berelowitz - Deputy Children's Commissioner for England
Keith Towler (ex officio) - Children’s Commissioner for Wales
Officials in attendance
Nick Goodwin - Ministry of Justice
Paul Harris - HMCTS
Annabel Burns - Department for Education
Bruce Clark/Fiona Green - Cafcass
Julie Rogers - Welsh Government
Rhian Davies - Cafcass CYMRU
Code of Practice
Members of the Council must abide by our Code of Practice:
