HMCTS Board meeting summary - 21 September 2020
Published 18 December 2020
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1. Present HMCTS members
| Board member | Role |
|---|---|
| Tim Parker | Independent Chairman |
| Victoria Cochrane | Senior Independent Non-Executive Member and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Chair |
| Lakh Jemmett | Non-Executive Member |
| Kevin Sadler | Acting HMCTS Chief Executive Officer |
| Andrew Baigent | Chief Finance Officer |
| Marie-Claire Uhart | Strategy & Change Director |
| Lord Justice Keith Lindblom | Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) |
| Lady Justice Kate Thirlwall | Senior Presiding Judge (SPJ) |
| District Judge Tim Jenkins | Judicial Board member |
| Annabel Burns | Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Director, Judicial and Legal Services Policy |
1.1 Presenters and additional attendees
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Harris | Courts & Tribunals Director |
| Jan Gower | Non-Executive HMCTS Change Portfolio Board member/Critical Friend |
| Catherine Blair | Deputy Director, Strategic Finance |
| Strategic Finance – Reform Business Case Lead | |
| Rose Pennells | Head of Business Strategy |
| Interim Portfolio Delivery Deputy Director | |
| Post-Brexit Strategy Lead | |
| Clare Farren | Deputy Director, Judicial Private Offices |
| HMCTS Board Secretary | |
| Head of Corporate Governance & Board Secretariat |
1.2 Apologies
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Gemma Hewison | Strategy & Change Director |
2. Welcome and introductions
Tim Parker welcomed attendees to the meeting.
3. Minutes and actions
The minutes from 30 July 2020 were approved and updates on actions were noted.
4. HMCTS 2020 spending review bid
The Board noted and discussed the summary of the HMCTS strategy for the Spending Review 2020 bid and provided its feedback.
5. HMCTS reform programme business case refresh (PBC6)
Following a discussion of the draft PBC6, it was agreed that the feedback from the Board would be reflected as the business case continued to be developed in advance of its presentation to the following meeting for the Board’s formal endorsement.
6. HMCTS readiness for the end of the post-Brexit transition period
The Board noted the update on HMCTS readiness and discussed the key risks, mitigations and potential impacts of the different likely scenarios.
7. HMCTS service standards
The Board was provided with an update on the development and monitoring of service standards by jurisdiction that had taken place so far.
Following a discussion, the Board agreed to the proposed actions to take forward a programme of work focussed on what the right strategic performance standards should be, and how HMCTS should measure them.