During the course of the year since the publication of my interim report I have been fortunate to have been able to visit both Australia and Canada in order to attend conferences and to learn from the experiences of judges, court administrators, lawyers and academics. I am enormously grateful to all those who gave up their valuable time in order to meet and to talk to me and to those who helped to organise my visits. They are named below.
During a visit to Hong Kong I had meetings with the Chief Justice, the Hon Sir T L Yang, the Justices of Appeal, Judges of the High Court and Principal and Acting Principal Magistrates. I also met Mr Justice Leonard and Neil Kaplan QC.
I am most grateful to all the following individuals and organisations who have contributed to my Inquiry, either through their written responses to the interim report or the issues papers, or through meetings and discussions.
The Lord Chief Justice
The President of the Family Division
The Vice-Chancellor
Lord Donaldson
Lord Taylor
Lord Justice Auld
Lord Justice Simon Brown
Lady Justice Butler-Sloss DBE
Lord Justice Henry
Lord Justice Kennedy
Lord Justice Leggatt
Lord Justice McCowan
Lord Justice Morritt
Lord Justice Neill
Lord Justice Otton
Lord Justice Phillips
Lord Justice Saville
Lord Justice Staughton
Lord Justice Stuart-Smith
Lord Justice Thorpe
Mr Justice Aldous (now Lord Justice Aldous)
Mrs Justice Arden DBE
Mr Justice Bell
Mr Justice Blofeld
Mr Justice Brooke (now Lord Justice Brooke)
Mr Justice Carnwath
Mr Justice Colman
Mr Justice Chadwick
Mr Justice Cresswell
Mr Justice Drake
Mr Justice Garland
Mr Justice Harman
Mr Justice Harrison
Mr Justice Hidden
Mr Justice Holland
Mr Justice Jacob
Mr Justice Johnson
Mr Justice Kay
Mr Justice Ian Kennedy
Mr Justice Knox
Mr Justice Laws
Mr Justice Lewis
Mr Justice Lightman
Mr Justice May
Mr Justice Mance
Mr Justice Morland
Mr Justice Mummery
Mr Justice Ognall
Mr Justice Jonathan Parker
Mr Justice Potter (now Lord Justice Potter)
Mr Justice Rattee
Mr Justice Rimer
Mr Justice Rose
Mr Justice Scott-Baker
Mr Justice Sedley
Mr Justice Stuart-White
Mr Justice Tuckey
Mr Justice Turner
Mr Justice Vinelott
Mr Justice Walker
Mr Justice Wall
Mr Justice Waller
Mr Justice Waterhouse
Mr Justice Wright
Sir Barry Sheen
Sir Peter Webster
Sir John Wood
Registrar Adams
Deputy Master Burns
Deputy Master Campbell
Deputy Master Desmond
Master Dyson, Chief Chancery Master
Master Ellis
Master Eyre
Master Foster
Master Hodgson
Deputy Master Hoffman
Master Hurst, Chief Taxing Master
Master Miller
Master Moncaster
Master O'Hare
Master Prebble
Master Rogers
Master Seager Berry
Deputy Master Thum
Master Trench
Master Winegarten
Master Wright
Edmund Heward
Sir Jack Jacob QC
Keith Topley (formerly Senior Queen's Bench Master)
The Council of HM Circuit Judges
Judge Altman
Judge Bassingthwaighte
Judge Bowsher QC
Judge Bradbury
Judge Butter QC
Judge Campbell
Judge Carter QC
Judge Collins
Judge Coningsby QC
Judge Cook
Judge Roger Cooke
Judge Coombe
Judge Dyer
Judge Duncan
Judge Gareth Edwards QC
Judge Marshall Evans QC
Judge Fawcus
Judge Ford
Judge Fox-Andrews QC
Judge Fricker QC
Judge Gee
Judge Barry Green QC
Judge Grenfell
Judge Hallgarten QC
Judge Hamilton
Judge Head
Judge Hicks QC
Judge Jack QC
Judge Graham Jones
Judge Hugh Jones
Judge Kershaw QC
Judge Lachs
Judge Lawrence
Judge Michael Lee QC
Judge Levy QC
Judge Esyr Lewis QC
Judge LLoyd QC
Judge Machin QC
Judge Mander
Judge Marder QC
Judge Mellor
Judge Mitchell
Judge Morrell
Judge O'Malley
Judge Stephen Oliver QC
Judge Paling
Judge Platt
Judge Pullinger
Judge Reid
Judge Steel
Judge Sumner
Judge Tetlow
Judge Tibber
Judge Anthony Thorpe
Judge Thornton QC
Judge Tyrer
Judge Urquhart
Judge White
Judge David Wilcox
Judge Wroath
The Association of District Judges
District Judge Ainsworth
District Judge Angel, Senior District Judge of the Family Division
District Judge Armon-Jones
District Judge Bazeley White
District Judge Beattie
District Judge Berkson
District Judge Butler
District Judge Chapman
District Judge Cochrane
District Judge Donnelly
District Judge Evans
District Judge Frenkel
District Judge Glover
District Judge Green
District Judge Greenwood
District Judge Gypps
District Judge Harrison
District Judge Haythornthwaite
District Judge Hendicott
District Judge Hollis
District Judge Holloway
District Judge Howe
District Judge Jackson
District Judge Jolly
District Judge Lawood
District Judge Lay
District Judge Lee
District Judge Lingard
District Judge Llewellyn
District Judge Madge
District Judge Martin
District Judge Merrick
District Judge Mitchell
District Judge Nash-Williams
District Judge Read
District Judge Rees
District Judge Sankey
District Judge Silverman
District Judge Segal
District Judge Sparrow
District Judge Toeman
District Judge Vincent
District Judge Walker
District Judge Wilby
District Judge Wilkinson (now Judge Wilkinson)
Judge Jean-Marc Baissons, Tribunal de Grande Instance d'Orleans, France
Justice Stephen Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States
Justice John Byrne, Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia
William H Rehnquist, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Lord Cullen, Court of Session, Scotland
Justice Davies, Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia
Chief Justice Michael de la Bastide, Trinidad and Tobago
Justice Doogue, High Court of New Zealand
Judge Richard Enslen, United States District Court
Chief Justice Feldman, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Arizona, USA
Russell Fox QC, Australia
Chief Justice Catherine Fraser, Alberta, Canada
Justice Friedman, Supreme Court, Republic of South Africa
Chief Justice Constance Glube, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, Canada
Chief Justice Noel Goodridge, Supreme Court of Newfoundland, Canada
Justice Sarah Grant, Supreme Court of Arizona, USA
Justice Henry, High Court of New Zealand
Justice Ipp, Supreme Court of Western Australia
Justice Kaplan, Supreme Court of Hong Kong
Justice Michael Kirby, High Court of Australia
Judge Antonio Lamer, Supreme Court of Canada
Mr Justice Leonard, Hong Kong
Associate Chief Justice Le Sage, Supreme Court of Ontario, Canada
Chief Justice MacPherson, Saskatchewan Court of Queen's Bench, Canada
Judge John McClellan Marshall, 14th Judicial District, Texas, USA
Justice Mason, High Court of Australia
Sheriff John McInnes QC, Perth Sheriff Court
Chief Justice Roy McMurtry, Ontario Court of Justice, Canada
Chief Justice Moore, Supreme Court of Alberta, Canada
Judge Robert Myers, Superior Court of Arizona, USA
Lord Hope, Lord President, Court of Session, Scotland
Sheriff Principal Gordon Nicholson QC, Scotland
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, USA
Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, USA
Sheriff Marcus Stone, Edinburgh
Chief Judge Clifford Wallace, US Nineth Circuit, USA
Barristers
Richard Aikens QC
Robin Allen QC
Kenneth Bagnall QC
Sir Louis Blom-Cooper KB, QC
Daniel Brennan QC
Andrew Buchan
Jeffrey Burke QC
Michael Burton QC
Christopher Clarke QC
Neil Cawley
Nicola Davies QC
Conrad Dehn QC
Iain Goldrein
Peter Goldsmith QC
Elizabeth Goodchild
Allan Gore
Gary Garland
Jonathan Gaunt QC
Hilary Heilbron QC
James Holman QC (now Mr Justice Holman)
Ian Hunter QC
Michael Kalisher QC
Brian Langstaff QC
Allan Levy QC
Alun Lewis QC
Charles Lewis
Christopher Limb
Philip Naughton QC
Colin Nixon
David Pannick QC
Leolin Price QC
George Pulman QC
Chris Purnell
Santha Rasaiah
Graham Sinclair
Michael Thomas CMG, QC
Phillip Walter
Hazel Williamson QC
Solicitors
Mark Adler, Adler & Adler
Neil Aitken, McKenna & Co
Patrick Allen, Hodge Jones & Allen
Alsop Wilkinson
Hamish Anderson, Bond Pearce
Rowley Ashworth
Ashurst Morris Crisp
Richard Barlow, Browne Jacobson
Wendy Backhouse, Hodge Jones & Allen
Barlow Lyde and Gilbert
Brian Barr, Antony Hodari & Co
Richard Barr, Dawbarns
James Barrett-Hitchcock, Cameron Markby Hewitt
Keith Barritt, Haynes Duffell Kentish & Co
Anthony Barton
Beale & Co
C R Berry, Edwin Coe
Catherine Bond, Bond Solon
P Bourne, Irwin Mitchell
Carmen Cahill, Platt Halpern
Anthony Burton, Simons Muirhead & Burton
Peter Carter-Ruck, Peter Carter-Ruck & Partners
Paul Balen, Freeth Cartwright Hunt Dickens
A J Cherry, Beachcroft Stanleys
Challinors
Chethams
Doug Christie, Thompsons
John Franks, Clarke Willmott and Clarke
Courts and Co
Timothy Daniels, D J Freeman
A E Davies, Bailey McIlquham
M L Davies, Crown Estate Office
Martyn Day, Leigh Day & Co
Charles Dewhurst
Christine Dodgson, Rowley Ashworth
Douglas Redfern and Co
Maria Eagle, Stephen Irving & Co
Greg Dwyer, The College of Law
B J Ecclestone, Health and Safety Executive
E Edwards, Son & Noice
T V Edwards
C Elgey, The College of Law
Charles Elly
Chris Esdaile, McGrath & Co
Patricia Fearnley, Thomson Snell & Passmore
G M Ferguson, Withy King & Lee
Richard Follis, Challinor Roberts Cooksey
Duncan Forbes
R M Freeman
C M Lake, Frere Cholmeley Bischoff
E C Gee, Lace Mawr
K C R Gibson, Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave
Margaret Gibson, Shoosmiths & Harrison
Deborah Girling, Mills & Reeve
Cyril Glasser, Sheridans
Richard Greenwood, J Bright Clegg Coupe & Co
Tony Guise, Silverman Sherliker
Christopher Hales, Holman Fenwick & Willan
T J Handler, Baker & MacKenzie
Alan Harrison
Colin Harvey
Paul Hurst, Anthony Hodari & Co
Michael Munden, Herbert Smith
Rhonda Hesling, Buss Murton
Hextall Erskine and Co
Gary Hickinbottom, McKenna & Co
Diana Holtham, Berrymans
Jonathan Hosie, Baker & MacKenzie
Mark Humphries, Linklaters & Paines
Colin Jacque, Jacque Simmons & Co
Andrew Jeffries, Allen & Overy
Chris Johnson, McGrath & Co
Robert Johnson, Osborne Clarke
John Kear, Kelly Cramer
John Kellcher, Theodore Goddard
G J Kendall, Allen & Overy
Crispin Kenyon, Jarvis & Bannister
Diana Kettle, Thomson Snell & Passmore
Rosaline Kilbane, McGrath & Co
Knapp Richardson
Blake Lapthorn
David Lawton, Budd Martin Burrett
Lees and Partners
Bertie Leigh, Hempsons
Jonathan Leslie, Travers Smith Braithwaite
Peter Lewis
Sonya Leydecker, Herbert Smith
Alistair Logan, The Logan Partnership
M C Longmore, Furley Page Fielding & Barton
Audrey MacDonald
Phil MacKenzie
Peter Martin, Frere Cholmeley Bischoff
David Mason, Capsticks
Frances McCarthy, Pattinson Brewer
David McIntosh, Davies Arnold Cooper
McKenna & Co
Hilary Meredith, Donn & Co
Tony Michaelson-Yates
Simon Middleton, Stephens & Scown
Mark Mildred
Razi Mireskandari, Simons Muirhead & Burton
Robert Morfee, Clarke Wilmott & Clarke
Michael Napier, Irwin Mitchell
John A Neil
J O'Hare, The College of Law
Rodger Pannone, Pannone & Partners
Paul Parke, Wansbroughs Willey Hargrave
Parry's
Paul Paxton, Shoosmiths & Harrison
Patricia Pearl, Vernor Miles & Noble
Simon Pearl, Davies Arnold Cooper
K J Perry, Pinsent & Co
Nigel Puddicombe, Cartwrights
Terry Renouf, Berrymans
Graham Ross, Ross Park Partnership
Nigel Rourke, Antony Hodari & Co
Rowe & Maw
N Ryan, Furley Page Fielding & Barton
Su Savill
Shane Sayers, Kennedys
Elizabeth Scott, Lees & Partners
Shook Hardy and Bacon
Simkins
Simmons and Simmons
G J H Smith
I R Tenquist, Cole & Cole
Peter Thomas OBE
Richard Thomas, Clifford Chance
Brian Thompson and Partners
Robin Thompson & Partners
Jade Thornley & Partners
Nigel Tomkins, Thompsons
Max Thum, Davies Arnold Cooper
D P Towler, Whittles
Desmond Trenner, Trenners
Andrew Tucker, Irwin Mitchell
W A Twemlow, Cuff Roberts
William Ware, Warner Goodman & Steat
Garry Watson, Lovell White Durrant
F R Maher, Weightman Rutherfords
Vizards
T W Worden, Ryan Heatons
Legal Professional Associations
Association of Law Costs Draftsmen
Association of Personal Injury Lawyers
Birmingham Law Society
Bristol Law Society
Chancery Bar Association
The City of Westminster Law Society
City of London Law Society
Commercial Bar Association
Devon and Exeter Incorporated Law Society
Forum of Insurance Lawyers
The General Council of the Bar
Professor J Ross Harper, International Bar Association
Harrogate and District Law Society
Holborn Law Society
Housing Law Practitioners Association
The Institute of Legal Executives
The Law Society
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Law Society of Scotland
Legal Aid Practitioners Group
Liverpool Law Society
London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association
London Solicitors' Litigation Association
Manchester Law Society
Motor Accident Solicitors' Society
Newcastle upon Tyne Incorporated Law Society
Norfolk and Norwich Incorporated Law Society
Northwest Housing Law Group
Official Referees' Bar Association
Official Referees' Solicitors Association
Patent Bar Association
Personal Injuries Bar Association
Society of Conservative Lawyers
South Yorkshire Housing Law Group
Others
Academy of Experts
Andrew Acland
Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct
David Adams
ADR Net
ADR Group
Advice Services Alliance
James Alfini
K W Alford Ltd
Dr Laurie Allen
Alliance of Independent Retailers and Businesses
Professor Anthony Allot
Neil Andrews
R Anns, Public Trust Office
Susan Anthony
Nick Armstrong, Irwin Mitchell Research Fellow, Nottingham Law School
Association of British Insurers
Association of British Chambers of Commerce
Association of Consulting Engineers
Association of District Councils
Association of Insurance and Risk Managers
Association of London Government
Association of Metropolitan Authorities
N B Atkinson
Dr R C Atkinson
Dr R E Atkinson
S J A Atkinson
The Automobile Association
Michael Bacon, Michael Bacon Associates
Professor John Baldwin, University of Birmingham
Professor Barbara Banks, University College London
Barclays plc
S J A Barklem, Costain Group
Dr R D Barnes
Rupert Barnes
Miss M L Barron
S P Chalfu, BAT Industries
P M Beaton, Scottish Courts Administration
Sir F D Berman
Robert Beaudoin, Civil Justice Review, Canada
Victor Benjamin
Terrence Birmingham
Birmingham Settlement
Richard Blair
R Bland, Scottish Law Commission
R M Blanks, The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Dr Richard Bloore
Mrs M Blyth
Guy Brabiant, Commission Superieure de Codification, France
Peter Brennan
Brighton Housing Trust
British Medical Association
Peter Brook, Building Employers Confederation
Graham Calvert, Administrator, Royal Courts of Justice
Carlisle Community Law Centre
Simon Carne
Keith Carter
Professor D B Casson
Alex Carlisle QC, MP
Dr S Castell
Centre of Medical Law and Ethics
Peter Champness
Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Patrick Cheadle
The Cheltenham Group
Dr David Cheshire
Chesterton
The Citizenship Foundation
Brian Clancy, Brian Clancy & Partners
Dr M A Clarke
Roger Clements FRCS, FRCOG
Professor Christopher Colton, British Orthopaedic Association
The Commission for Local Administration in England
A M Cone-Farran
Confederation of British Industry
Construction Industry Council
Consumers' Association
Coopers and Lybrand
Council of Industrial Tribunal Chairmen
Council of Mortgage Lenders
County Court Users Association
Dr J D M C Craig
Michael Curry, Lands Tribunal of Northern Ireland
I F Davies
Peter Davies, Taylor Woodrow Group
Dr Sally Davies
Dr Peter Dear
Philip Dear, Trade Union Side, Lord Chancellor's Department
Martin Dearden, Robert Jordan Associates
Michael Deeney, Gooda Walker Action Group
The Disability Law Service
James Dixon
Dr John Dove
Professor Brian Doyle
Kevin Duffy
J S Elkington FRCS
Dr Carl Emery, University of Durham
Keith Fay, Chief Clerk, Peterborough Combined Court Centre
Federation of Private Residents Association
Federation of Small Businesses
Dr C E Fernando
Elizabeth Filkin, Revenue Adjudicator
Forum of Private Business
Larry M Fox, Ministry of the Attorney General, Canada
A M Fraser, Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland
Richard Freeman, City Disputes Panel
Ian Freer, Crown Office, Royal Courts of Justice
Professor Charles Galasko
G A Gilbert
Brian Cahill, Alice Pasco, Glaxo Wellcome
Dr R B Godwin Austen
R C L Gregory CBE, QC
Roger Grace FRCS
R D M Grant, The Dispute Resolution Co
Roger Griffiths, Coventry City Council
Mrs J G Tunstall, Griffiths and Armour
Professor Andrew Grubb
Michael Grundy
The Guild of Editors
Kenneth Gulleford
John Hale, Listing Officer, Chancery Division
Professor D M B Hall, University of Sheffield
Angela Hammond
Kathy Hanson, Chartered Institute of Housing
Dr Roger Hanson, National Center for State Courts, USA
Professor Frank Harris
Nigel Harris FRCS
Dr J Harrison
Dr Peter Harvey
Donald Hayes
Robert Hazell, The Nuffield Foundation
Health and Housing Group
Thomas Heintzman QC, past President of the Canadian Bar
H M Customs & Excise
Dr Anthony Hopkins
Lord Howe of Aberavon PC, QC
Professor Christopher Hull
Caroline Hunter, University of Nottingham
Ian Hyams, Deputy Administrator, Royal Courts of Justice
Inland Revenue
Sir Donald Innes Williams, The Royal Society of Medicine
Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Institute of Credit Management
Institute of Directors
Institute of Traffic Accident Investigators
Peter Jackson, Sarah Ricketts, Nottingham City Council
Roger Jefferies, Housing Associations Tenants' Ombudsman
The Intellectual Property Institute
Professor Jolowicz QC
A J Jones, Assistant Treasury Solicitor
Justice for Victims
Dr Leon Kaufman
John Kershaw
Paul Knapman
KPMG Peat Marwick
Alison Lamb, Federation of Independent Advice Centres
Alan Lambert
Ian Lang MP
Law Centres Federation
Legal Action Group
The Legal Aid Board
Eliot Levin
The Litigants Society
Litigation Protection Ltd
Lovewell Blake
Peter Lyons, Nottingham Law School
Dr Julie Macfarlane, University of Sussex
A D W Maclean
Donald Macrae, Treasury Solicitor's Department
Dr Christopher Mallinson
Manchester Housing
Manchester Housing Advice Service
Professors Richard Marcus
William Marsh, Centre for Dispute Resolution
William J Marshall and Partners
Sir Bruce Martin QC, NHS Litigation Authority
Professor Stephen Mason
David de Massey
E T Matthews
Patrick McCartan
Suzanne McClure
J C McCluskie QC, Legal Secretary and First Scottish Parliamentary Counsel
M McGarry
Mediation UK
Medical Defence Union
D N Menzies
Barbara Mills QC, Director of Public Prosecutions
M C T Morrison
Wilma Morrison, Central London Law Centre
Peter Morton, Elmbridge Council
Rob Ferguson, Mosscare Housing Ltd
A S Murrie
G Murray
Dr Iain Murray-Lyon
Tom Murtha, Merseyside Improved Homes
National Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders
National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux
National Consumer Council
National Federation of Consumer Groups
National Federation of Housing Associations
NatWest Group
Jonathan Noble, British Orthopaedic Association
E A Norden
H W S Norvill
Edward Northcote
Professor A Ogus, University of Manchester
Huw Owen
Dr Chris Pamplin, UK Register of Experts
Professor Martin Partington, University of Bristol
Naran Patel, President, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
Professor Sir Alan Peacock
Mrs Nancy Pearce
Sarah J Pearce
Personal Injury Medical Services Ltd
Sir Keith Peters FRCS
John Peysner, Nottingham Law School
David Pipkin, Institute of Legal Executives
Hilary Platten, Finance and Leasing Association
David Pollock, The Newspaper Publishers Association
Gordon Proudfoot, President of the Canadian Bar
Professor J A Raeburn
Terry Rayson, Listing Officer, Queen's Bench Division
William Reid, Health Service Commissioner
Professor Judith Resnick, University of Southern California, USA
T J Rhodes, Citizens Advice Bureau, Liverpool
Ian Richardson, Home Housing Association
Professor Peter Richards, Northwick Park Hospital
William Ricketts
Dr R K Rondel
Dr Lewis Rosenbloom
The Royal Institute for Deaf People
Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Dr Adrian Rozkovec
B J Russell, Trade Marks, Patents and Designs Federation
John Sacher CBE
Peter Sainsbury
City of Salford Housing Services
Roger Samuel, Canterbury City Council
Professor Frank Sander, University of Harvard Law School
Dr Michael Saunders
Mrs Jennifer Savage, Clifton Ingram
Dr A M Seywood
Professor Ian Scott, University of Birmingham
Robert Sell
David Shapiro, JAMS Endispute Europe
Bernard Shaw, Chief Clerk, Birmingham County Court
David Shaw
Shelter
C J Shepley, The Planning Inspectorate
Caroline Sheppard, Parking Appeals Service
Laurence Shurman, The Banking Ombudsman
Ms A Simon
G Simons
E A Simpson, Northern Ireland Court Service
Nicola Simpson
Graham Sinclair, Adroit Dispute Resolution Ltd
Rodney Stares, Foundation for Community Leadership Development
Janet Stephens
Frances Stobbs
Roy Swanston, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
Brian Swift, DTI Business Law Unit
Professor Malcolm Symonds, University of Nottingham
Robert Taylor, Dispute Mediation Ltd
Professor Ron Taylor
Dr John Temperley
Patricia Thomas, Commission for Local Government in England
P K J Thompson, Department of Health
Dr Christine Tomkins
UNEX Group
Owen Tudor, Trades Union Congress
Union of Independent Companies
Kevan Verdun, The Lighting Association
Professor Vickers
Dr John Wall, The Medical Defence Union
S C Walters
C H Walton
G W Waterson
V D L Williams
Clive Wilson, Office of the Health Service Commissioner
Ruth Wilson, North Cheshire Housing Association
Sheona York, Hammersmith Law Centre
Professor Michael Zander, London School of Economics
Rya Zobel
