JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 1 JUSTICE

ANNUAL REPORT 2016 – 2017

60 years of strengthening the justice system JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 2 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 3 ESTABLISHED IN 1957, JUSTICE IS OUR VISION AND MISSION AN ALL-PARTY LAW REFORM AND We contribute to achieving our vision in three key ways: HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANISATION

We are a membership organisation, WORKING TO STRENGTHEN OUR VISION IS OF FAIR, primarily of the legal profession, PROVIDING EVIDENCE-BASED ANALYSIS comprising of judges, , , 1 AND PROPOSING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO THE JUSTICE SYSTEM – ACCESSIBLE AND EFFICIENT legal executives, academics and interested LAWMAKERS, JUDGES AND RELEVANT PUBLIC SERVANTS. non-lawyers.

ADMINISTRATIVE, CIVIL AND LEGAL PROCESSES, IN WHICH Through our membership, we have strong connections with political decision-makers STRENGTHENING THE LAW AND LEGAL PROCESSES CRIMINAL – IN THE UK. THE INDIVIDUAL’S RIGHTS and the judiciary, and we work closely BY REFERENCE TO INTERNATIONAL AND with both. 2 COMPARATIVE BEST PRACTICE, LOOKING ACROSS JURISDICTIONS, ACROSS TYPES OF LAW AND ARE PROTECTED, AND WHICH OUR MEMBERS ARE CRITICAL TO ACROSS THE LEGAL PROFESSION. REFLECT THE COUNTRY’S JUSTICE’S SUCCESS. THEY HELP SHAPE OUR PRIORITIES; THEIR USING THE EXPERTISE OF OUR MEMBERSHIP EXPERTISE AND PERSPECTIVE ARE INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION 3 TO STRENGTHEN OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE A VALUABLE RESOURCE TO OUR CHALLENGES ARISING IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND FOR UPHOLDING AND STAFF; AND THEY INCREASE OUR OF POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, WORKING WITH MEMBERS INFLUENCE. WE ALSO NEED OUR TO EXECUTE OUR VISION. PROMOTING THE RULE OF LAW. MEMBERS’ SUPPORT TO MAINTAIN A SUSTAINABLE FUNDING BASE FOR OUR WORK. JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 4 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 5 FROM THE PRESIDENT FROM THE DIRECTOR

Happy birthday JUSTICE! Very few charities reach such a for chairing the Working Party and to all those who served I would also like to begin by wishing everyone a very happy now that we have the right structures, staff and strategies ripe old age and that JUSTICE is turning 60 at full strength on it and shared their experiences to bring the work to life. 60th anniversary. It is remarkable that we still have on the in place to secure JUSTICE’s financial future. I am is cause for extra celebration. As you will see in this report, books so many members who signed up on 1 March 1957. immensely grateful to Karyl Nairn QC, whose leadership of the impact of our work is only increasing. The year has, The craziness of the last year in political life has again Their commitment to JUSTICE over the years is remarkable, the Appeal Committee has been exemplary. My thanks go however, brought some sadness for the JUSTICE family. demonstrated the fragility of the rule of law and the and their contribution continues – Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC also to The JUSTICE60, our special giving group, who have We lost Lord Goodhart QC – a JUSTICE stalwart of many importance of a strong justice system to underpin it. It has (Hon.), a member since 1957, served on the Delivering Justice transformed our ability to deliver the work. decades and former Chair of both the Board and Council been our courts that have provided reassurance and stability in an Age of Austerity Working Party the year before last. – and our dear friend Professor Sir Nigel Rodley KBE, also a during a time of upheaval – without an accessible and fair With a focus on expanding the staff, the Appeal has longstanding Council member and President of our sister justice system, our democracy would be in trouble. JUSTICE While this is a year to celebrate our historic achievements, not allowed us to undertake the significant renovations body, the International Commission of Jurists. remains at the forefront of finding ways to ensure that the our impact on the legal landscape continues. The last required of our building at 59 Carter Lane. We have the courts work more effectively, are fairer and are focused on year has seen many of JUSTICE’s ideas on 21st century designs to transform it into a public-facing justice space for I am particularly delighted that JUSTICE has tackled – the needs of normal folk. I couldn’t be prouder to head the justice – including more proportionate use of judges’ our members and the legal community – as well as more once again – an issue close to my heart: the need for JUSTICE Council and I implore you all to find ways to help time in civil courts, doing more of the courts’ work online space to rent out for income – but we need to find £1.2 greater judicial diversity. In 1972, it was JUSTICE that this important charity in any way you can. and the need for court buildings based around the needs million to do this. raised concerns about the fact that the judiciary was of users – take hold in the plans of government and the lacking diversity in terms of social background, and in a senior judiciary. As in the past, our members’ wealth of JUSTICE really is a team effort. We are lucky to have follow-up report in 1992, we raised concerns about the experience transforms our ability to influence the debate. extraordinary staff, but also to enjoy the support of our dearth of women and minority ethnic people heading to diverse members. To everyone who has renewed their the Bench. In the face of far too little progress over the I am delighted to also have good news on fundraising. membership, written us a cheque, encouraged someone years, JUSTICE’s Increasing Judicial Diversity has powerfully We are approaching the end of our Securing JUSTICE to join JUSTICE, or otherwise demonstrated support for made the case for greater diversity – for reasons of at 60 Appeal and looking on track to have realised our JUSTICE, go my heartfelt thanks. fairness, quality and legitimacy of our courts. The details ambition of raising £2 million over three years. This has BARONESS KENNEDY OF THE SHAWS QC of JUSTICE’s recommendations are set out in this Annual allowed us to more than double our legal team over the PRESIDENT, JUSTICE COUNCIL Report, and I encourage you to visit the website to read last two years (we have just recruited our fifth lawyer!) the full report. It is a challenging and important piece of and to professionalise our development functions. While ANDREA COOMBER work, and my particular thanks go to Nathalie Lieven QC fundraising remains a massive challenge, I am confident DIRECTOR JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 6 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 7 JOIN JUSTICE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE

JUSTICE is the conscience of the legal profession – be a part of it Throughout 2016-17 we have continued to draw on the unrivalled The recommendations in Increasing judicial diversity include: WE ARE INDEPENDENT AS A MEMBERSHIP professional and cross-party expertise of our membership • Introducing targets ‘with teeth’ for selection bodies. These Because it is not party political, JUSTICE commands respect throughout the political ORGANISATION, OUR MEMBERS when selecting the members of our working parties. They make include obligations to comply and/or explain why targets were spectrum. We have representatives from each of the main political parties on our recommendations for modernising the justice system and making it not met, reporting on progress to the Justice Select Committee. ARE AMONG OUR GREATEST governing body. fairer for the UK’s most vulnerable and marginalised people. • Creating a permanent ‘Senior Selections Committee’ dedicated WE ARE EXPERT Over the past year we have followed up on recommendations from to appointments to the Court of Appeal, Heads of Divisions and ASSETS. HERE ARE JUST FIVE OF recent working party reports: Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity, UK Supreme Court. JUSTICE draws on international research and case law, and the specialist input of experts Complex and Lengthy Trials and What is a Court? • Increasing accountability for diversity, through a general THE REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD to provide the template for public policy. responsibility on selectors and the judiciary to encourage a much JOIN JUSTICE. WE ARE INFLUENTIAL We are delighted to see the ideas in our previous reports continue to more diverse field of people to apply for senior judicial office. JUSTICE has a membership of prominent judges, lawyers, distinguished academics, feed into the programme of court modernisation; with many of our • Introducing ‘appointable pools’ of suitable judges for each court. leading firms and , and many individuals and organisations concerned about recommendations – including on court design – taking hold. • Creating an upward judicial career path, where junior lawyers law reform. can take up an ‘entry-level’ position in the tribunal system or on ‘JUSTICE IS POSING THE RIGHT DIVERSITY IN THE SENIOR JUDICIARY the District Bench and stand a meaningful chance of promotion. WE ARE EFFECTIVE • Introducing a ‘Talent Management Programme’ to enable QUESTIONS AND PRODUCING This year, we took up the challenge of reimagining the appointment Through influential reports and informed dialogue, we continue to play a key role in talented judges to progress their career. MANY OF THE ANSWERS THAT and promotion of judges, with a view to a more diverse judiciary. WILL BE IMPLEMENTED, SOONER amending and developing the law, government policy and the practice of public authorities. • Ensuring more attractive, inclusive career paths and working OR LATER, INTO OUR LEGAL conditions, including making flexible working the default. WE ARE INTERNATIONAL Our working party on judicial diversity, chaired by Nathalie Lieven SYSTEM.’ QC, considered appointments to the Circuit Bench, High Court and JUSTICE is the UK section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) – a global Nathalie Lieven QC worked alongside Diane Burleigh OBE, Kate Court of Appeal in England & Wales, and to the UK Supreme Court. THE RT. HON. LORD PANNICK body dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of and Cheetham, Stephen Frost, Sir John Goldring, Sa’ad Hossain QC, Its final report, Increasing judicial diversity, was published in April QC, WRITING FOR THE TIMES principles that advance human rights. We work with colleagues from across the world on Professor Rosemary Hunter FAcSS, Sir Paul Jenkins QC (Hon.), 2017 and explores the structural barriers faced by women, people areas of common interest and concern. George Lubega, Karamjit Singh CBE, Ruchi Parekh, Geoffrey from visible ethnic minorities and those from less advantaged socio- Robertson QC, Tim Smith and Andrea Coomber. The working party economic backgrounds in reaching the Bench. This work built on was generously supported by LLP and led Find out more about becoming a member of JUSTICE on our website at www.justice.org.uk JUSTICE reports on the judiciary from 1972 and 1992. by JUSTICE Lawyer, Rachel Jones. JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 8 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 9 RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS: THE FUTURE OF JUSTICE JUSTICE IN PARLIAMENT

WORKING PARTIES IN PROGRESS reform, including the work outlined above on immigration and Central to JUSTICE’s mission is bringing a better understanding of BRIEFINGS asylum procedures. Our work in this field has resulted in our good law and legal process to those who make our laws. In this Several other JUSTICE working parties have started work this year: JUSTICE continued cross-party briefings of Parliament and Whitehall, being approached to take over the running of a successor body vein, JUSTICE continues to engage with the development of law, • Mental Health and Fair Trial, chaired by Sir David producing suggested amendments for parliamentary debate, to the Administrative Justice Forum, which was dissolved at the policy and practice, producing detailed contributions on emerging Latham, is developing practical recommendations to ensure including ensuring fair procedures within the following Bills. end of April 2017. The new body, which will be chaired by the legislation and responding to consultations by Parliament and the that the criminal justice system is more suitably designed Senior President of Tribunals with JUSTICE as the secretariat, will judiciary relevant to our priorities. to accommodate people with mental health or learning The Investigatory Powers Bill was published by the government provide a critical space for the exchange of information and ideas difficulties, and will report in the autumn. in February 2016. JUSTICE’s work around this focused on between users of the administrative justice system, the judiciary and In the autumn we held standing room only events at the party • A startling 75 per cent of suspects in Scotland are estimated surveillance and the protection of the right to privacy. Most of government departments. In preparation for a unique partnership conferences for the Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats to waive the right to legal advice prior to police interview. Our JUSTICE’s suggested amendments were tabled for debate. between the Ministry of Justice, the senior judiciary and users of and Scottish National Party. All events focused on the opportunities working party on Legal Advice and Waiver during Police the administrative justice system, JUSTICE is shaping the new body, and challenges posed by modernisation of the justice system, and Detention, chaired by Lord Eassie, is the first JUSTICE working Our parliamentary work continued on the Immigration Bill. which will be launched in Autumn 2017. highlighted cross-party appetite for a more accessible justice system. party in Scotland. It is examining the current processes by which One success for JUSTICE was the government’s withdrawal of advice is provided to suspects and will present recommendations three related provisions which would have given the Secretary of Also this year, JUSTICE took part in a European Union-wide project Building on our role as a ‘bridge’ between lawyers and lawmakers, to increase their effectiveness at the end of 2017. State the power to override the decisions of independent tribunals, on ill treatment by police officers, funded by the Open Society we launched Law for Scottish Lawmakers, with the assistance of our • Our working party on Immigration and Asylum Reform, something we described as ‘a direct affront to the rule of law’ (on Foundations. The resulting report, published by the Hungarian and members in Scotland. The guide, an update of chaired by Sir Ross Cranston, is reviewing the procedures for the which we were quoted in the House of Lords). Helsinki Committee, gave a comparative study of seven EU our 2015 Westminster-focused publication Law for Lawmakers, is aimed determination of immigration and asylum claims from Home countries. JUSTICE authored the England and Wales research, which at Members of the Scottish Parliament and their staff, and provides an Office decision-making through to appeal or judicial review. It We briefed parliament in relation to changes to police bail set out is summarised in the main comparative report and also presented in introduction to some of the core legal and constitutional principles with seeks to propose reforms that will guide, inform and assist HM in the Policing and Bill. We did not think the proposed a separate publication. which parliamentarians grapple on a daily basis at Holyrood. We also Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) and the judiciary in the changes addressed the problem of lengthy investigation and shared Law for Lawmakers with the new intake of MPs in Westminster. design and implementation of the HMCTS Reform Programme. ‘It is all very fine to give people rights, but they must be considered them likely, if anything, to make investigations longer. ‘I congratulate the authors [of Law for Scottish Lawmakers] given the reality of access to the courts to give effect to in having achieved the aim of presenting the substance and OTHER JUSTICE PROJECTS those rights and to defend their rights.’ JUSTICE produced a briefing on the Prisons and Courts Bill for the practice of the law, which can sometimes be unnecessarily House of Commons Second Reading. It addressed our initial concerns We are now in the final year of a three-year grant from Unbound The Rt. Hon. the Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, over-complicated, in a concise and readable way.’ over the written and online processes created, and the changes President of the Supreme Court Philanthropy to support our work on administrative justice The Rt. Hon. Lord President, Lord Carloway proposed to the judiciary and the Judicial Appointments Commission. JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 10 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 11

JUSTICE ASSISTS JUSTICE: BEYOND AND BEYOND LAWYERS

‘Thank you to JUSTICE for your assistance during the [Prison JUSTICE IN THE COURTS JUSTICE SCOTLAND highlighted our working party on Legal Advice and Waiver during and Courts] Bill’s life - it has been invaluable.’ Police Detention to its Legal Aid Review. Our work on Scottish matters continues to be pursued by volunteer Russell Fraser, Political Adviser in the office of JUSTICE is committed to undertaking third party interventions in Richard Burgon MP, Shadow Lord Chancellor members in Scotland. In June we held our Annual Scottish Members cases likely to have an impact on the effective and fair operation of Our huge thanks go to the Faculty of and the Law Society Update where we showcased the year’s work and invited guests to the justice system as a whole, and its protection of individual rights, of Scotland for their support of our work over the year. CONSULTATION RESPONSES AND INQUIRIES expand our Scottish membership. We welcome the convener of the where our expertise may assist the court. JUSTICE provided responses to a number of consultations and ’ Human Rights and Rule of Law Committee, THE JUSTICE STUDENT NETWORK Shelagh McCall QC, as the new Chair of JUSTICE Scotland. Ms inquiries by the government and other relevant organisations Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors The JUSTICE Student Network (JSN) engages students on issues around McCall takes over from Derek Ogg QC and will work with Vice Chair, and institutions. This includes Ministry of Justice consultations access to justice and the rule of law. It promotes debate and supports Catherine Smith, with staff support from London. Our thanks go on transforming our justice system, and on reforming the JUSTICE joined the ICJ, Amnesty International and REDRESS in an students through a programme of events and online resources. to Derek Ogg QC for his work as Chair over a very productive year, advocates’ graduated fee scheme, which pays advocates to intervention in Belhaj & Anor v Straw & Ors. This case was heard in which saw the launching of our first Scottish working party and the defend clients in the Crown Court in cases involving mental ill the Supreme Court in November 2015 and the judgment was given Over the past year, JUSTICE has built on our existing relationships to production of Law for Scottish Lawmakers. health or intellectual disability. Reflecting on our judicial diversity on 17 January 2017. The case considered whether the UK courts create a more sustainable network of student contacts, with our staff working party, JUSTICE also responded to the government’s have jurisdiction to hear claims relating to torture, extraordinary speaking regularly at university events and attending law fairs. By We held a full events programme during the year. Following on proposals on modernising judicial terms and conditions. rendition and wrongful imprisonment carried out abroad by UK way of example, in November 2016, our Director Andrea Coomber from the success of last year’s ‘Beyond Law’ series, September saw officials acting complicity with other countries. Our intervention spoke at the IBA/ELSA Student Conference in London on careers a fundraising event on law and the media with Lord Hodge chairing We responded to the government’s further consultation on reform argued that dismissing the claims would grant impunity to UK in law. Over the year, Andrea and other JUSTICE staff have spoken Jon Snow and Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC ‘in conversation’. of judicial review in summer 2016, which gave proposals for the officials, violating international human rights law and weakening at events at the Universities of Kent, Glasgow, Sheffield, Lancaster, In December, we considered the human rights implications of Brexit provision and use of judicial review claimants’ financial information international commitments to an effective remedy for torture and Cambridge, Bristol, Bangor, Reading; Essex; City, University of on EU migration at an event held in conjunction with the Scottish by other parties. other human rights abuses. The judgment referenced our joint London; and the London School of Economics. Equality and Human Rights Commission, chaired by BBC Scotland intervener’s argument on the ‘foreign act of state’ doctrine and the Editor Sarah Smith. Also in December, the Lord Advocate James We inputted into the Law Commission 13th programme of UK government’s liability for rights violations where it is a relevant We are looking forward to the JSN Conference, to be held early in 2018, Woolfe QC gave his first speech in office at our Annual Human Rights work and the Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into state power. We were represented pro bono by Martin Chamberlain as well as a series of ‘In Conversation’ events taking place at university Day Lecture on Fundamental Rights and the Prosecution of Crime. mental health and deaths in prison. QC, Oliver Jones and Zahra Al-Rikabi. campuses across the UK, throughout the coming autumn and winter. JUSTICE responded to the Scottish Government’s review of We are grateful to the Legal Education Fund for its JSN contribution. the Letter of Rights given to suspects in police custody and JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 12 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 13 SECURING JUSTICE AT 60 BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER FOR JUSTICE

As we celebrate JUSTICE’s 60th anniversary in 2017, we find ourselves in the third and final year of our One of JUSTICE’s key strengths is bringing together those who are JUSTICE held Fringe Events at the Scottish National, Liberal Appeal to raise £2 million in our 60th year. We are getting close to our target with £1.8 million already passionate about the need for a stronger and fairer justice system. Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party Conferences in 2016, raised in donations and pledges to July 2017. The success of the Appeal is testament to the hard Our events are an opportunity for people from the legal profession, discussing the question ‘What Should Access to Justice Mean in work and goodwill of our supporters. We are particularly grateful to Karyl Nairn QC, the Chair of our and others who care about JUSTICE’s mission and values, to share Practice?’ All focused on the opportunities and challenges posed by Appeal Committee, who has worked tirelessly to draw new individuals and corporates into JUSTICE. ideas, learn from each other and make suggestions on how to reform modernisation of the justice system, and highlighted the cross-party the system for the better. appetite for a more accessible justice system which can effectively ‘MANY OF US HAVE DONE The Appeal has allowed us to more than double our legal staff over the last two years, increasing our protect the rights and interests of all. VERY WELL OUT OF THE capacity dramatically. We are delighted to have forged relationships with a wealth of new corporate The Rt. Hon. the Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore and Phillippa Kaufmann LAW. IT HAS PROVIDED partners, institutions and donors, and have high hopes for more Friends in the coming year. QC joined us as keynote speakers at our Annual Human Rights Law We held a number of events around the publication of our working INTELLECTUAL STIMULATION; Conference in 2016 in a programme focused on the challenges facing party report, Increasing judicial diversity, including a launch and an ‘I joined the THEJUSTICE60 as soon as I became aware of it… I could not have been IT HAS AFFORDED FOR EACH practitioners and the wider public policy debate on human rights law event for our student members. We also joined with the London more warmly welcomed into the world of JUSTICE, and to the stream of events which has in the UK. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP generously hosted the Solicitors Litigation Association for a well-received panel event titled, OF US AND OUR FAMILIES A followed. The opportunity to meet people from across the legal spectrum, all sharing the conference, meaning that every penny raised went to JUSTICE. ‘Judicial diversity: Where are we now and where should we aspire to COMFORTABLE LIFESTYLE AND aim of supporting JUSTICE in their work to improve our legal processes, is unrivalled.’ be in the future?’ HAS GIVEN US PURPOSE IN Andrew Onslow QC, 3 Verulam Buildings OUR PROFESSIONAL LIVES. We also had a productive Annual General Meeting, followed by the AND WE, IN TURN, HAVE A Within the Securing JUSTICE at 60 Appeal, we have a special giving group of individuals – The annual Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture, which was this year given by WELL OVER 100,000 INDIVIDUALS VIEWED DUTY TO GIVE BACK AND HELP JUSTICE60 – who have committed to giving JUSTICE £6,000 every year for three years, and Lord Justice Briggs, who outlined the potential for the online court. THE JUSTICE WEBSITE LAST YEAR. PRESERVE THE LEGAL SYSTEM. have made a transformative difference. It is this kind of committed giving that will allow us to The AGM and the lecture were hosted by Shearman and Sterling LLP ONE IMPORTANT WAY TO confidently plan our work for the years ahead. We already have 40 of these special supporters in London. GIVE BACK AND TO SUPPORT (listed at the back of this report) and look forward to adding more until we reach our target of 60. For the first time, runners from across the legal profession took on the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon in aid of JUSTICE. THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IS TO Join our other 10,000+ followers on Twitter SUPPORT JUSTICE.’ Beyond those who have donated money, we are incredibly grateful to our supporters in the TeamJUSTICE raised over £20,600 through sponsorship for the 13.1 senior judiciary who have, with incredible eloquence and heart, spoken about the importance of @JUSTICEhq or like our Facebook page (@hqJUSTICE) for mile route, in support of the Mental Health and Fair Trial Working THE RT. HON. SIR BRIAN LEVESON the justice system, and JUSTICE’s role in shaping it, at countless events over the last year. another way to keep up to date with our work. Party. TeamJUSTICE will be taking on the challenge again for 2017. To support them please visit our website. For more information on The JUSTICE60, or supporting JUSTICE in other ways, visit www.justice.org.uk/support-justice or contact Keith Kibirango, JUSTICE’s Director of Development on 020 7762 6423. JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 14 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 15 ORGANISATION FINANCE

JUSTICE is extremely grateful to everyone – our members, patrons, donors, Friends of JUSTICE, volunteers, interns, conference speakers, pro bono lawyers and consultants, working party members and Board, FINANCE also received core funding from JUSTICE’S INCOMING JUSTICE’S RESOURCES Council and committee members – who have helped us over the past year. We are very lucky to have such the AB Charitable Trust, Allen RESOURCES IN 2016/17 EXPENDED IN 2016/17 JUSTICE has had a slightly TOTAL £676,286 & Overy, and The Law Society TOTAL £581,639 loyal supporters – you are our lifeblood. disappointing year financially and has Charity, as well as restricted DONATIONS AND DONATED SERVICES RESEARCH AND EDUCATION MEMBERSHIP AGM ended the 2016/17 financial year with donations towards our Increasing 59% 70% a deficit of £76,557, which includes As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, JUSTICE members continue to The 2016 Annual General Meeting took place at Shearman & Sterling Judicial Diversity Working Party £24,040 in restricted funds. The deficit be our greatest asset. With just under 1,200 members, ranging from LLP in London on Tuesday 18 October. The meeting heard a report from Berwin Leighton Paisner and includes an exceptional expenditure law students through the ranks of the profession to retired lawyers and from Alexandra Marks, Chair of the What is a Court? working party, an individual donation towards our item of £37,674, which has resulted in judges and from across the political spectrum, having a strong and voted to adopt the annual review and elected Council and Executive Capital Campaign. committed membership remains vital to our ongoing success as we Board members (a full list can be found on the back page). We bid a an exceptional increase in the deficit for the year. strive to maintain the integrity of the justice system in the UK. fond farewell to Professor Richard de Friend as Chair of the Executive The first four months of the new Board and welcomed Walter Merricks CBE as the new Chair. financial year have been much Although our income from donations Increasing our membership acquisition and retention rates, in addition more positive, with an additional Retirees from Council has increased, mainly due to the success to supporting our existing members, remains a key priority for us. This 14 people signing up to the Zahra Al-Rikabi, Nicholas Aleksander, Jonathan Cooper OBE, Deba of our JUSTICE60 giving group, we were year we have worked hard to improve our membership processes and JUSTICE60, grants secured from Das, His Hon. Judge Sean Enright, Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC hoping to have received more income strived to find interesting ways to engage with our members to ensure the Paul Hamlyn and Evan Cornish (Hon.), Philip Havers QC, Schona Jolly QC, Walter Merricks CBE, from major donors and corporates. the best member experience. We are committed to ensuring that we Sandie Okoro, Professor Sir Nigel Rodley KBE, Bernard Weatherill QC Foundations and an anonymous RESEARCH AND EDUCATION continue to place our members at the heart of our work and look donation of £30,000. 20% forward to engaging with our members in our upcoming exciting plans. Retirees from Board Despite the decrease in income, we Philip Havers QC, Professor Martin Partington CBE QC (Hon.), Jerry L have been successful in securing FINANCE COMMITTEE STAFF Smith, Michael Smyth CBE QC (Hon.) a number of grants this year and received funding from The Legal Nicholas Aleksander (Chair) COST OF RAISING FUNDS This year we bid a fond farewell to Harley Freemantle and Angela JUSTICE thanks them all for their contribution to the governance Education Foundation towards our Liz Campbell MEMBERSHIP 23% Patrick. We welcomed Rumina Ali, Pouneh Ahari, Tariq Desai and 14% and stewardship of the organisation. work on ‘Strengthening 21st Century Professor Richard de Friend Amy Hall to our team. We continue to work closely with a number of Access to Justice’, and The Persula Walter Merricks CBE interns, to whom we are proud to pay the London Living Wage as an Foundation towards our work on Manu Duggal OTHER TRADING SERVICES 6% MEMBERSHIP accredited London Living Wage Employer. 7% Mental Health and Fair Trial. We have INVESTMENT INCOME 1% JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 16 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 17 STAFF AND GOVERNANCE THANK YOU

JUSTICE COUNCIL Andrew Lidbetter Liz Campbell Lawyer, Criminal Justice Ani Sirunyants N. Lynn Hiestand INSTITUTIONAL FUNDERS Martin Chamberlain QC Baroness Kennedy of Nathalie Lieven QC Deba Das Tariq Desai (from August 2017) Gethin Thomas The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hodge AB Charitable Trust Joanna Cherry QC MP The Shaws QC (President) George Lubega Amanda Finlay CBE Legal Researcher Alastair Young Mark Howard QC The Allen & Overy Foundation Rosalind Comyn The. Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP Guy Mansfield QC Professor Richard de Friend Zoë Chapman Daniel Jowell QC Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP Gordon Dalyell Baroness Ludford (Vice Presidents) Alexandra Marks CBE Jane Hickman Fundraising Officer VOLUNTEERS The Rt. Hon. the Lord Kerr of The Evan Cornish Foundation Neil Deacon Dame Vera Baird QC Helen Mountfield QC N. Lynn Hiestand Jane Collier Leslie Asante Tonaghmore The Legal Education Foundation Dechert LLP Peter Binning Professor Linda Mulcahy Theo Huckle QC Communications and Membership Eden Bernstein Adam Kramer Paul Hamlyn Foundation Deutsche Bank Diane Burleigh OBE Karyl Nairn QC Christina Liciaga Coordinator Lizzy Jones Kanijo Gauntlett David & Linda Lakhdhir Persula Foundation Erskine Chambers Anthony Burton CBE Professor Martin Partington CBE QC Dr Hannah Quirk (until October 2016) Reine Radwan Christina Liciaga The Law Society Charity Gerry Facenna QC Victoria Butler-Cole Geoffrey Robertson QC Sir Michael Tugendhat Membership Coordinator Richard Lissack QC Unbound Philanthropy The Faculty of Advocates Sir David Calvert-Smith QC Prof. Sir Nigel Rodley KBE Rumina Ali (from October 2016) THE JUSTICE60 Bruce Macaulay Forensic Risk Alliance Liz Campbell Caroline Sheppard OBE JUSTICE STAFF Communications Coordinator Nicholas Aleksander Penny Madden QC REPRESENTING US, HOSTING Natalie Ceeney CBE Karamjit Singh CBE Director Amy Hall (from October 2016) Charles Béar QC Ali Malek QC US AND OTHERWISE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Alex Chalk MP Rupert Skilbeck Andrea Coomber Legal Administrator Adrian Beltrami QC Christopher Mallon SUPPORTING US Eric Fripp Joanna Cherry QC MP Catherine Smith Director of Human Rights Policy Josie Williams Peter Binning Alexandra Marks CBE Zahra Al-Rikabi The Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP Professor Richard de Friend Michael Smyth CBE QC (Hon) Angela Patrick (until Sept 2016) Student Network Fellow Alan G Boyle QC Jennifer McDermott American Bar Association Gryphon Property Partners Anand Doobay Aaron Stephens Legal Director Harley Freemantle (until August 2016) Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP Karyl Nairn QC (Chair of JUSTICE’s Arcadian Library Tim Haddow Judith Farbey QC Professor Richard Susskind OBE Jodie Blackstock Legal Fellow Marie Demetriou QC Appeal Committee) Australian High Commission UK Oliver Jones Amanda Finlay CBE Dr Leslie Thomas QC Director of Development Pouneh Ahari (from January 2017) Michael Fealy QC Jonathan Nash QC Base Building Consultancy Ltd The Rt. Hon. the Lord The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hacking Victoria Wakefield Keith Kibirango Forensic Risk Alliance Bell Pottinger Global Advisory Kerr of Tonaghmore Professor Robert Hazell CBE Director of Operations INTERNS Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (in the memory of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP Kobre & Kim Patricia Hitchcock QC JUSTICE BOARD Samantha Burridge Laetitia Belsack Kay Georgiou Alastair MacGregor QC) Blake Morgan LLP Professor Jackie Hodgson Walter Merricks CBE (Chair) Head of Administrative Justice Melanie Blair The Rt. Hon. Dame Andrew Onslow QC LLP Professor David Howarth Nicholas Aleksander (Treasurer) Jean-Benoit Louveaux Louise Harel Elizabeth Gloster DBE Chris & Carol Osborne Tom Bullmore Lloyds Banking Group Professor Rosemary Hunter FAcSS Zahra Al-Rikabi Lawyer, Civil Justice Chevan Ilangaratne Charles Graham QC Michael Todd QC The Rt. Hon. Lord Daniella Lock Professor Anna Lawson Peter Binning Rachel Jones Harmish Mehta The Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP Peter de Verneuil Smith Carnwath of Notting Hill Asaf Lubin Jessica Lee Roger Burlingame Kitan Ososami Harbour Litigation Funding 3 Verulam Buildings Juliette Casey Fred Mackintosh JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 18 JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 19 THANK YOU THANK YOU

Mishcon de Reya dedicated chairs Nathalie Lieven The Rt. Hon. the Lord Falconer of Lt Col Rev Nicholas Mercer Peter Binning Professor Conor Gearty His Hon Judge Stephen Kramer QC Su Mei Ong Margaret Mitchell MSP QC, Sir David Latham, Lord Eassie Thoroton QC Sonali Naik Katie Bradford Stephen Gentle David Lakhdhir Sarah Panizzo Julianne Kerr Morrison and Sir Ross Cranston. Maria Fletcher Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Philip Broke Dr James George Linda Lakhdhir Professor Martin Partington CBE QC Professor Tom Mullen Deirdre Fottrell QC Kate O’Rourke The Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Brooke CMG Nigel Giffin Sarah Leigh Conall Patton Karyl Nairn QC SPEAKERS Caoilfhionn Gallagher QC Derek Ogg QC Simon Brown Jonathan Glasson QC Richard Leiper QC Rachel Pierce The Rt. Hon. the Lord Jonathan Auburn Michelle Gordon Robert Palmer Diane Burleigh OBE Paul Gray Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC Nigel Pleming QC Neuberger of Abbotsbury Mungo Bovey QC Christine Grahame MSP The Hon. Lady Scott Anthony Burton CBE Robert Ham QC The Rt. Hon. Sir Brian Leveson Alison Pople QC Norton Rose Fulbright Paul Bowen QC The Rt. Hon. Dominic Grieve QC MP Vaneeta Sharma Lord Carlile of Berriew QC CBE Patrick Harvie MSP Philip Lewis Charles Prest The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Briggs John Halford Catherine Smith Peter Carter QC Philip Havers QC Andrew Lidbetter Prof. Sir Nigel Rodley KBE Kirsty Brimelow QC Alison Harvey Sara Smith Nick Child Professor Robert Hazell CBE Dr Lynne Livesey Professor Philippe Sands QC Sir Ernest Ryder Robert Buckland QC MP Richard Hermer QC Tim Smith Rachel Cooper Javan Herberg QC Andrew Lockley Caroline Shea QC John Scott QC Ulele Burnham Max Hill QC Jon Snow Sir Ross Cranston Henrietta Hill QC Baroness Ludford Derek Sloan Shearman and Sterling LLP Kenneth Campbell QC The Rt. Hon. the Lord Hodge Sir Keir Starmer KCB QC MP Gordon Dalyell Helen Hobhouse Colin Macneill Jerry L. Smith Skadden, Arps, Slate, The Rt. Hon. Alistair Carmichael MP John Hughes Jonathan Swift QC Deba Das Alexander Horne Charles Maggs Roger Stewart QC Meagher, & Flom LLP Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill Raza Husain QC Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd Professor Richard de Friend His Hon Michael Horowitz QC Guy Mansfield QC Jemima Stratford QC SpaceInvader Baroness Shami Chakrabarti of Deputy Senior District Judge Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC David De Saxe Theo Huckle QC Alexandra Marks CBE John Tackaberry QC Leo E. Strine, Jr Kennington in the Borough of Tanweer Ikram Matthew Denney Daniel Hunt Lewis Marks QC William Taylor QC The Rt. Hon. Lord Lambeth CBE Schona Jolly QC FRIENDS OF JUSTICE Penelope Draffan Del Hunter Paul Martenstyn Patrick Teague Thomas of Cwmgiedd Professor James Chalmers Phillippa Kaufmann QC Ralph Aldwinckle Harold Driver Sir Stephen Irwin Rory McAlpine Nigel Tozzi QC Ashley Underwood QC Joanna Cherry QC MP Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws QC Nicholas Aleksander Anthony Edwards Professor Sir Francis Jacobs Dominic McCahill Ben Valentin QC The Rt. Hon. Sir Geoffrey Vos David Chirico The Rt Hon. the Lord Kerr of Zahra Al-Rikabi Gerald Facenna QC Paul Jarvis Walter Merricks CBE Victoria Wakefield Harriet Wistrich Lord Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony Tonaghmore Clive Baldwin Peter Farren Andrew Jefferies QC Dr Eric Metcalfe Bernard Weatherill QC Jocelyn Cockburn The Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Leveson Dijen Basu QC Amanda Finlay CBE Michel Kallipetis QC Gavin Millar QC Dr Philippa Webb Thanks also to the working parties Jonathan Cooper OBE Baroness Ludford Sir David Bean Sir Robert Francis QC John Kellock Clare Montgomery QC Sylvia White and the people who have given Dr Jan Culik Rona Mackay MSP Cyrus Benson Eric W B Fripp Neil King Allan Murray-Jones Henry Witcomb QC evidence to them, too numerous Deba Das The Lord Marks of Sir Franklin Delow Berman KCMG QC Daniel Gal Her Hon Frances Kirkham CBE Sandie Okoro James Wood QC to mention here, but led by their Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC Henley-on-Thames QC His Honour Inigo Bing Dame Janet Gaymer DBE QC Adam Kramer Professor Dawn Oliver Charles Wynn-Evans JUSTICE Annual Report 2016 – 2017 20

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