Meeting conducted via Cloud Video Platform (CVP) due to COVID-19 pandemic
1. Attendees
| Sian Davies | Regional Eployment Judge and Chair |
| Sian West | ACAS |
| Andrew Way | ACAS |
| Melanie Hourihane | Delivery Manager, HMCTS |
| Leanna Conradson | Legal Officer, HMCTS |
| Simon Griffiths | CVP Team Leader, HMCTS |
| Jo Higham | Flintshire CAB |
| Charlene Burbery | Lewis Silkin |
| Juliette Franklin | Slater and Gordon |
| Maria Rees | South Wales Business School |
| Rachel Ford-Evans | Darwin Gray |
| Gavin Dando | Make UK |
| Hannah Belton | Morgan LaRoche |
| Sophie George | Slater Gordon |
| Sammie Morris | NHS Wales |
| Joga Singh | Geldards |
| Ferial Khan | Capital Law |
| Clare Primett | NHS Wales |
| Gemma Griffiths | NHS Wales |
| David White | Law Works |
| Andrew Cross | Speak Easy |
| Chrishan Kamalan | Welsh Government |
| Sarah Thyer | Swansea Council |
| Ian Winrow | Winrow Solicitors |
| Kowshiny Varatharajan | Slater and Gordon |
| Abby Lee-Rees | NHS Wales |
| Louise Thomas | Tribunal Member |
1.1 Apologies
2. Sian Davies - Regional Employment Judge
2.1 New Judges
At the end of August 2021, over 40 judges of the First-tier Tribunal, were assigned temporarily to sit in the Employment Tribunals in England and Wales. This was achieved using the judicial assistance provisions at Section 5D of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 and the regulations made thereunder which had come into force for most purposes on 8 October 2020.
The intention was for each of these cross-assigned judges to sit 30 days a year, with many hopefully able to sit more. This would...
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