HMCTS Board meeting summary - 26 July 2021
Published 29 October 2021
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1. HMCTS members present
| Board member | Role |
|---|---|
| Tim Parker | Independent Chairman |
| Victoria Cochrane | Senior Independent Non-Executive Member |
| Lakh Jemmett | Non-Executive Member |
| Nicky Wilden | Non-Executive Member and Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Chair |
| Kevin Sadler | Acting Chief Executive |
| Andrew Baigent | Chief Financial Officer |
| Gemma Hewison | Strategy and Change Director |
| Annabel Burns | Director, Judicial and Legal Services Policy Directorate, MoJ |
| Lady Justice Kate Thirlwall | Senior Presiding Judge (SPJ) |
| District Judge Tim Jenkins | Judicial Board member |
1.1 Presenters and additional attendees
| Board member | Role |
|---|---|
| Lord Justice Charles Haddon-Cave | Deputy Senior Presiding Judge (DSPJ) |
| Jan Gower | Non-Executive HMCTS Change Portfolio Board member |
| Jason Latham | Acting Development Director |
| Ed Lidington | Senior Responsible Owner for Court Recovery |
| Edward Wagstaff | Head of Business Strategy |
| Head of Business Architecture | |
| Strategy Manager | |
| Clare Farren | Deputy Director, Judicial Private Offices |
| Head of HMCTS Corporate Governance and Board Secretariat | |
| Deputy Head of Board Secretariat |
1.2 Apologies
| Board member | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Harris | Operations Director |
| Lord Justice Keith Lindblom | Senior President of Tribunals (SPT) |
2. Welcome and introductions
Tim Parker welcomed attendees to the meeting and gave the apologies.
3. Minutes and actions
The minutes from 1 July 2021 were approved and updates on actions were noted.
4. HMCTS audit and risk assurance
Nicky provided an oral report on the HMCTS Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC) meeting on 23 July 2021.
The Board welcomed the fact that the 2020 to 2021 HMCTS Annual Report and Accounts had been signed off and laid in Parliament.
Key areas of discussion were considered, including substantive items in relation to: Compliance and Assurance (covering issues that had emerged); Government Internal Audit Agency reports; the BAU Corporate Risk Register; and cyber security.
5. Rationale and suggested approach to defining recovery in courts and tribunals
The Board considered and provided feedback on the proposed high-level objectives to achieving recovery and the suggested headline metrics to track progress against these objectives across all jurisdictions.
6. Performance drivers
The Board discussed performance drivers in HMCTS.
7. HMCTS Board strategy awayday
Board members took part in a session in relation to HMCTS future strategy, with specific discussions around setting medium-term priorities and shaping HMCTS’s longer-term vision.
8. Any other business
This was Lady Justice Kate Thirlwall’s last HMCTS Board meeting before she stood down from her role as the Senior Presiding Judge at the end of the legal year. The Board thanked her for her valuable contribution during her tenure. There was particular reference to the collaborative working with HMCTS executive colleagues during the pandemic.