Report of the proceedings of the International conference On Child witnesses and their evidence
held at Robinson College, Cambridge 10-12 April 2002
[part funded by the European Commission Grotius-civil programme]

Speakers

President of the Family Division - Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss DBE

Mr Justice Pitchers Royal Courts of Justice, London
Judge Anthony Hart QC Director, Judicial Studies Board, Northern Ireland
Madame Dominique Legrand Maître de conférences, ENM Bordeaux
Professor Iain Macphail QC Goodhart Professor of Law, Cambridge
Judge David Pearl President, Care Standards Tribunal
Judge Christer Sjödin Kammarrättslagman, Kammarrätt i Sundsvall
Judge Mats Sjösten Chefsrådman, Göteborg
Professor John Spencer Faculty Board of Law, Cambridge
Lord Justice Waller Chairman, Judicial Studies Board
Mr Justice Wall Royal Courts of Justice

Delegates: England and Wales

Edward Adams Secretary to the JSB
Dr Andrew Bainham Christ's College, Cambridge
Professor Di Birch University of Nottingham
Lady Cass JP DL Chairman, Cambridge Magistrates' Bench
District Judge (Magistrates' Courts)Nick Crichton Inner London and City Family Proceedings Court
Professor Graham Davies University of Leicester
Ms Vivienne Edwards Justice and Victims Group, Home Office
Judge John Fletcher Wolverhampton Combined Court Centre
Judge Mark Furness Swansea Civil Justice Centre
Mr Justice Hedley Royal Courts of Justice Judge
Peter Hunt Leeds Combined Court Centre
Judge Geoffrey Kamil Bradford Court Centre
District Judge (Magistates' Courts) Davinder Lachhar West London Magistrates' Court
Judge David Mellor Norwich Combined Court Centre
Judge James Meston QC Bournemouth Combined Court Centre
Professor Rosemary Pattenden University of East Anglia
Judge Valerie Pearlman Southwark Crown Court
Ms Joyce Plotnikoff Consultant, Plotnikoff & Woolfson
David Yates Warden, Robinson College

European Commission

Miss Monika Ekström Administrator, Directorate-General Justice and Home Affairs

France

Monsieur Patrick Auduge Judge des enfants - Tribunal de grande instance, Melun
Madame Stéphanie Gargoullaud Juge d'instruction - Tribunal de grande instance, Marmande
Monsieur Thierry Lebehot Procureur adjoint - Tribunal de grande instance, Vannes
Madame Marjolaine Miret Conseiller - Cour d'appel, Lyon
Madame Joëlle Nahon Juge d'instruction - Tribunal de grande instance, Nantere
Madame Emmanuelle Puren Substitut du Procureur de la République - Tribunal de grande instance, Rochefort
Madame Martine Vezant Premier judge d'instruction - Tribunal de grande instance,Paris

Northern Ireland

Judge David McFarland County Court, Armagh and Newry
Mr Ch. H McKibbin RM Laganside Courts, Belfast

Scotland

Sheriff Graham Buchanan Sheriff Court, Aberdeen
Alison Cleland Napier University, Edinburgh
Sheriff Brian Donald Sheriff Court, Kircaldy
Sheriff Margaret Gimblett Sheriff Court, Dunoon
Sheriff Elizabeth Jarvie QC Sheriff Court, Edinburgh
Sheriff Brian Kearny Member of the Judicial Studies Committee
Sheriff John McGowan Sheriff Court, Ayr
Sheriff Kenneth Mitchell Sheriff Court, Glasgow
Sheriff Nigel Morrison QC (Director of Judicial Studies Committee)
John Newall Part-time Sheriff
Sheriff Derek Pyle Sheriff Court, Perth
Lady Smith Senator of the College of Justice

Sweden

Senior Judge Bengt Almebäck Chefsrådman, Länsrätten i Skåne
Chief Judge Göran Ewerlöf Hovrättslagman, Svea hovrätt
Judge Karin Göransson Rådman, Tierps tingsrätt
Judge Jörn Jacobsson Rådman, Lunds tingsrätt
Judge Ann-Christine Lindblom Rådman, Uppsala tingsrätt
Chief Judge Susanne Nyland Kammarrättslagman, Kammarrätten i Stockholm


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