Family Justice Board

The Family Justice Board aims to improve the procedures and performance of the family justice system.

Role of the group

The Family Justice Board was set up to improve the performance of the family justice system and to ensure the best possible outcomes for children who come into contact with it.

The board has published its annual report for 2013-14 (PDF, 200KB, 9 pages) and an action plan (PDF, 300KB, 18 pages) for 2013-15, which gives details of the actions the board is carrying out.

Annual report 2013-2014: Welsh (PDF, 80.1KB, 9 pages)

It has the following sub-groups:

• a performance improvement sub-group – that analyses the available performance information to improve performance at national and local level
• the Family Justice Council - providing independent expert advice to the board
• a young people’s board - enabling young people to have a direct say in the work of the board

Membership

Name	Organisation
David Norgrove	Independent Chair
Anthony Douglas	Chief Executive, Cafcass
Gillian Baranski	Chief Executive, CAFCASS CYMRU
Kevin Sadler	Director Civil, Family and Tribunals, HMCTS
Matthew Coats	Chief Executive, LAA
Gillian Beasley	SOLACE (and Chief Executive, Peterborough City Council)
Andrew Webb	ADCS (and Director of Children’s Services, Stockport)
Jake Morgan	ADSS Cymru (and Director of Social Care and Housing, Pembrokeshire)
Shirley Trundle	Director Care and Adoption Group, Department for Education
Catherine Lee	Director Justice Policy Group, Ministry of Justice
Rebecca Endean	Director Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice
Albert Heaney	Director Social Services, Welsh Government
Claire Phillips	Deputy Director Violence and Social Exclusion, Department of Health
Susan Park	Director Child Maintenance Group, DWP
Alastair Pitblado	Official Solicitor

Sir James Munby, President of the Family Division, sits on the board as an observer as do two representatives from the Family Justice Young People’s Board.

Terms of reference

You can see the most recent terms of reference (PDF, 11.1KB, 2 pages) for the group.

Contact Details

To contact the Family Justice Board, please e-mail the FJB secretariat.

Local Family Justice Boards (LFJB)

LFJBs report to the Family Justice Board. The aim of LFJBs is to achieve significant improvement in the performance of the family justice system in their local area. Local Family Justice Board contacts (MS Excel Spreadsheet, 46KB)