Better Courts 2015: National Conference on Court Innovation
Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th February 2015
Day One
09.30
Registration and Coffee
Arnold Room
10.00
Welcome
Brewer and Smith Hall
Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation
10.05
Welcome by the Chair
Brewer and Smith Hall
Robin Lustig, Journalist and Broadcaster
10.10
Opening Remarks
Brewer and Smith Hall
Lord Justice Ryder QC
10.20
Keynote Session: Improving the court experience for victims and witnesses
Brewer and Smith Hall
Sir Keir Starmer QC
Followed by Q & A
11.05
Coffee
11.20
Breakout Session 1: Scaling up Innovation: Lessons from the Family Drug and Alcohol Court Brewer and Smith Hall

Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation (Chair)
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Mike Shaw, Clinical Lead, FDAC
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Sophie Kershaw, Service Manager, FDAC
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Sarah Green-Hurst, Service Manager, Milton Keynes and Bucks FDAC

Jane Marriot, Gloucestershire FDAC
Breakout Session 2: Help and Support: The role of advice service in courts

Richard Monkhouse, Chair, Magistrates Association (Chair)
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Carole Edwards, Service Lead, CASS Plus
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Joan Jones, Chair of Community Court panel, Plymouth Bench
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Deborah Tudhope, Magistrate, North London Bench
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Alison Lamb, Chief Executive, RCJ Advice Bureau & Islington CAB
Breakout Session 3: Drug courts- a better solution to drug-related crime?
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His Honour John Samuels, Chairman, Criminal Justice Alliance
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Judge Susan Williams, District Judge, West London Dedicated Drug Court
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Sheriff Lindsay Woods, Sheriff, Glasgow Drug Court
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Melissa Labriola, Associate Director of Research, Centre for Court Innovation
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Jelena Popovic, Deputy Chief magistrate, Victoria Courts Service, Victoria, Australia
Arnold Room
Morris Room
Martineau Room
12.20
Lunch and Networking
Arnold Room
13.20
Presentation: Court Innovation in the UK
Brewer and Smith Hall
Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation
Followed by Q&A
14.00
Workshop: Exploring the barriers to innovative practice
Brewer and Smith Hall
15.15
Coffee
Arnold Room
15.30
Panel Discussion: Judges as leaders in court innovation
Brewer and Smith Hall
16.30
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Robin Lustig, Journalist (Chair)
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Nicholas Crichton CBE, Judge/Founder, FDAC
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Judge Victoria Pratt, Judge, Newark Community Solutions, New Jersey
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Jelena Popovic, Deputy Chief magistrate, Victoria Courts Service, Victoria, Australia

Sheriff Lindsay Wood, Sheriff, Glasgow Drug Court
Keynote Session: Reforming the youth courts
Brewer and Smith Hall
Lord Carlile of Berriew, CBE, QC
17.00
Chair’s closing remarks
Robin Lustig, Journalist and Broadcaster
17.15- 19.00 Drinks reception, Function Room, The Marquis of Cornwallis, 31 Marchmont Street, London,
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Brewer and Smith Hall
Better Courts 2015: National Conference on Court Innovation
Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th February 2015
Day Two
09.00
Registration and Coffee
Arnold Room
09.30
Welcome
Brewer and Smith Room
Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation
09:40
Presentation: Procedural fairness and the courts
Brewer and Smith Room
Professor Tracey L Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law, Yale Law School
10:10
Presentation: Procedural fairness in practice
Brewer and Smith Room
Judge Victoria Pratt, Judge, Newark Community Solutions, New Jersey
10.20
Q&A with Professor Meares and Judge Pratt
Brewer and Smith Room
10.40
Coffee
Arnold Room
11.00
Workshop: Planning sustainable innovation
Brewer and Smith Room
12.45
Lunch and networking
Arnold Room
13.45
Breakout Session 1: Liaison and diversion in courts
Brewer and Smith Room

Stephen Whitehead, Head of Better Courts, Centre for Justice Innovation (Chair)

Linda Bryant, Director of Criminal Justice Services, Together for Mental Wellbeing

Vicki Helyar-Cardwell, Director of Research, Revolving Doors Agency

Katrina Lowther, Senior Nurse Practitioner, Knowsley & St Helens Criminal Justice Liaison
Service
Breakout Session 2: Improving the court response to domestic violence

Kevin McGrath, High Sheriff of the County of Greater London (Chair)

Nicole Jacobs, Chief Executive, Stand Together

Liberty Aldrich, Director of Gender Based Violence Programs, Centre for Justice Innovation

Mhairi McGowan, Head of Service, ASSIST and Domestic Abuse Services
Breakout Session 3: Courts that work for young people
14.45

Penelope Gibbs, Director, Transform Justice (Chair)

Ben Estep, Head of Youth Diversion, Centre for Justice Innovation

Shauneen Lambe, Chief Executive, Just for Kids Law

Kathryn Harrison, Chair of the Youth Courts Committee, Magistrates Association

Ali Wigzell, Research Fellow, Institute for Criminal Policy Research
Chair’s closing remarks
Morris Room
Martineau Room
Brewer and Smith Room
Phil Bowen, Director, Centre for Justice Innovation
15.00
End of conference / coffee
Arnold Room