The Law Commission

APPENDIX E

RESPONDENTS AND ADVISERS

1 Representative bodies

Elizabeth Lawson QC, Barrister, for the Family Law Bar Association

Michael Leadbetter, President, Association of Directors of Social Services

Alistair Kinley, Association of British Insurers

Alison Sutherland, Local Government Association

2 Government departments and executive agencies

Rod Ainsworth, the Audit Commission

Maria Battle, Deputy Children's Commissioner for Wales

Alex Hermon, Council on Tribunals

Deepa Patel, Civil Law Development Division, Department for Constitutional Affairs

3 Academics

Professor John Birds, Department of Law, University of Sheffield

Professor Malcolm Clarke, Faculty of Law, Cambridge University

Professor WHV Rogers, Senior Fellow, School of Law, University of Nottingham

4 Lawyers

Iain Christie, Gordon Bishop and Sara Mansoori, Barristers, 5 Raymond Buildings

Bethan Evans, Partner, Bevan Ashford Solicitors

VV Veeder QC, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers

5 Individuals and organisations

John Barratt

M Barnes and B Douthwaite, False Allegations (of abuse) against Carers and Teachers (FACT) – North Wales.

Rt Hon Sir Roy Beldam

John Gibbs

Roger Hargreaves

Sue James, Research and Policy Director, The Adoption Forum

Veronica Plowden, joint national coordinator, Children's Rights Alliance

John Rayfield and Rev Graham B Rees

Richard Webster

6 Local authorities

Mirza Ahmed, Chief Legal Officer, Birmingham City Council

Barrow Borough Council

Christine Betts, Senior Lawyer Social Services and Education, Cambridgeshire County Council

David Bowman, Solicitor and Monitoring Officer, Wansbeck District Council

David Brown, Chief Executive, North Cornwall District Council

Sharon Clarke, Principal Social Services Solicitor, Harrow London Borough Council

M J Diaper, Chief Executive, North West Leicestershire District Council

Brian Goodall, Director of Corporate Services, Wrexham County Borough Council

Clive Grace, Chief Executive, Torfaen Borough Council

W Riddell Graham, Director of Legal Services, Crewe-Nantwich Borough Council

David A Holt, Head of Legal Services, Thurrock Council

Brian Johnson, Acting Managing Solicitor, Mid Bedfordshire District Council

Claire N Jones, Assistant Director, Legal Services, Ceredigion County Council

Andrew Laycock, County Secretary, Hertfordshire County Council

Fiona Ledden, Executive Head of Legal Services, Sutton London Borough Council

Alison Lowton, Borough Solicitor, Camden London Borough Council

Simon Mallinson, Head of Legal Services, Worcestershire County Council

Ian Miller, Chief Executive, Denbighshire County Council

Walter Millon, Borough Secretary, Bromley London Borough Council

Roger JB Morris, Chief Executive and Town Clerk, Northampton Borough Council

Sean Murphy, Corporate Solicitor,Croydon London Borough Council

Susanne Nelson-Wehrmeyer, Head of Legal Services, Crawley Borough Council

Andrew North, Director of Corporate and Legal Services, Durham County Council

Anne Seex, Chief Executive, Norwich City Council

Darra Singh, Chief Executive, Luton Borough Council

John Suddaby, Acting Head of Legal Services, Haringey Council

Denise Thompson, Head of Legal and Democratic Services, Craven District Council

Philip Thomson, Head of Legal Services, Essex County Council

John Treadwell, Council Solicitor, Halton Borough Council

Mark Webster, City Solicitor, Sheffield City Council

Nina Wilton, Corporate Standards Officer, Wiltshire County Council

7 SOLACE Review Group

The SOLACE Review Group shared with us responses it received to questionnaires it distributed. We are grateful to all those who responded to the SOLACE questionnaires.

The members of the SOLACE Review Group were:

Roger Jeffries

Roger Bennett

Mike Chambers

Mary Gillingham

Jonathan Harris

Steve McGuirk

Roger Morris

Tim Rothwell

Alison Sutherland

John Tatam

Peter Woodcock

Brian Younger

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