The Annual Conference for 2010 took place on 22nd October 2010 at the Coventry Transport Museum and was attended by 94 delegates. The day was a great sucess and overall the feedback received from people who were in attendance has been very positive.
Any ideas for the theme of the 2011 conference will be gratefully received, please email victoria.burke@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
As of 22nd November 2010, Victoria Burke will be taking over the administrator's role during Lucy's maternity leave. Victoria can be contacted at victoria.burke@hmcourts-service.gsi.gov.uk
Our last Family Justice Council meeting took place on 19th January 2010 at 2:30pm at Coventry Magistrates Court. The agenda, supporting documents and minutes are available to download below. Our next meeting will take place on 20th April 2010 at 2:30pm.
Following last year's success we decided to re-visit the Transport Museum in Coventry for this year's conference on Adult Mental Health and Learning Disability Issues in Family Proceedings. The conference was a great success and a write up from one of the delegates will follow shortly.
We were delighted to receive the President of the Family Division, Sir Mark Potter, here at Coventry County Court on 10th June 2009. Sir Mark met with representatives from Coventry and Warwickshire Local Authorities, CAFCASS, Coventry and Warwickshire Magistrates, District Judges and local Solicitors to discuss issues affecting the Family Justice system in the area.