HM Courts and Tribunals Service Board meeting – 23 January 2025
Published 30 September 2025
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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1. Attendees
1.1 Present
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Sir Richard Broadbent | Chair |
| Nick Fishwick | Non-Executive Member |
| Nicky Wilden | Non-Executive Member and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Chair |
| Luisa Fulci | Non-Executive Member |
| Nick Goodwin | Chief Executive |
| Annabel Burns | Strategy, Analysis and Planning Director |
| Daniel Flury | Operations Director |
| Catherine Blair | Chief Finance Officer |
| Jerome Glass | DG Policy – Courts and Access to Justice (MoJ) |
| Lord Justice Nicholas Green | Senior Presiding Judge (SPJ) |
| HHJ Alison Raeside | Judicial Board member |
| Mr Justice Dove | Deputy Senior President of Tribunals (remote) |
| Megan Lee-Devlin | Director General – Service Transformation Group |
| Michelle Crotty | Chief Executive – Judicial Office |
| Sally Parkinson | Director – Judicial and Legal Services Policy |
1.2 Presenters
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Head of Financial Strategy | |
| Tim Stamp | Deputy Director, Strategic Finance and Planning |
1.3 Secretariat
| Role |
|---|
| Head of Governance |
| Deputy Head of Board Secretariat |
| Head of Operational Judicial Private Offices |
1.4 Apologies
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Sir Keith Lindblom | Senior President of Tribunals |
2. HMCTS Allocations – Summary of 2025/26 offer from MoJ
It was noted the purpose of this meeting was for the Board to review and discuss the provisions of the Concordat letter before the Chair drafted a letter advising the Lady Chief Justice (LCJ) and the Senior President of Tribunals (SPT), on this basis the SPT had reclused himself from this meeting.
The Board discussed HMCTS analysis, judicial views and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) views in respect of the proposed 2025-26 financial allocations.
It was also noted that HMCTS was already working with all parties to agree a funding review point in relation to Crown Court sitting days and the mechanism supporting this funding review, to avoid the challenges faced in previous years. It was hoped that an agreement would be reached soon. The judiciary indicated that the Civil, Family & Tribunals aspects of the negotiations should be resolved quickly in the meantime.