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HM Courts and Tribunals Service Board meeting – 12 September 2024

Published 20 January 2025

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

1. Attendees

1.1 Present

Name	Role
Sir Richard Broadbent	Chair
Nick Fishwick	Non-Executive Member
Nicky Wilden	Non-Executive Member & Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Chair
Luisa Fulci	Non-Executive Member
Nick Goodwin	Chief Executive
Daniel Flury	Operations Director
Catherine Blair	Interim Chief Finance Officer
Jerome Glass	DG Policy – Courts and Access to Justice (MoJ)
Lord Justice Andrew Edis	Senior Presiding Judge (SPJ)
Sir Keith Lindblom	Senior President of Tribunals (SPT)
HHJ Alison Raeside	Judicial Board member
Annabel Burns	Strategy, Analysis & Planning Director

1.2 Presenters

Name	Role
Tim Stamp	Deputy Director, Strategic Finance and Planning
Head of Financial Strategy
Joint Head of Strategy Unit
David Magee	Deputy Director, HMCTS Portfolio
Helen Measures	National Services Director

1.3 Secretariat

Role
Head of Corporate Governance & Board Secretariat
Deputy Head of Board Secretariat
Deputy Director Head of Judicial Private Offices

1.4 Apologies

Name	Role
Lord Justice Nicholas Green	Deputy Senior Presiding Judge (DSPJ)
Richard Price	DG Performance Strategy and Analysis (MoJ)

2. Board minutes

The draft minutes from the meeting on 18 July 2024 were approved and the action log was noted.

3. Public Bodies Review of HMCTS

Board members were invited to provide any comments on the self-assessment returns in advance of their submission.

4. Performance and Finance Updates

The Board praised the HMCTS teams for the way that they dealt with the pressures as a result of the civil disorder and prison capacity issues over the summer. It was felt that a primary reason for this was that many frontline colleagues, particularly the legal teams, had been in post during the 2011 riots and were able to apply that knowledge and experience. The importance was emphasised of ensuring that this learning continued to be retained corporately.

An update was provided on Crown Court sitting days and the Crown Court data issue, and the action that was being taken. Both the causes and potential consequences of projected under-sits in other jurisdictions varying from those assumed at the start of the year were reviewed.

The Board noted the challenges in the Immigration & Asylum Chamber and its implications. The current performance in Family Public Law was discussed.

The Period 4 financial position was discussed.

5. Long-Term Judicial Productivity Trends and Implications for HMCTS

Following a discussion, the Board agreed that the trends merited further analysis, particularly in the context of impending spending reviews, noting the distinct responsibilities of the judiciary and HMCTS.

6. Spending Review (SR): strategic priorities for future funding

The Board reviewed the material submitted to MoJ, and the next steps. The implications, opportunities and challenges of phase 1 of the Spending Review and the prospective longer term Spending Review (phase 2) were discussed.

7. Update on the Future Change Programme

A summary was provided of the ten-week ‘change discovery’ work to develop a plan to address the future change demand for HMCTS, the required capacity and the transition to a future change capability.

The Board endorsed the overall approach being taken to build a more integrated approach to change.

8. Future Strategy for National Services

The Board reviewed and provided its steers in relation to the proposals for the evolution of National Services beyond the Reform programme, with a view of driving further efficiencies of service delivery.

9. AOB

The Board placed on record its gratitude to Lord Justice Andrew Edis for his contributions during his tenure as Senior Presiding Judge.