Committee Members

Staff
 
  • Chair - David Barraclough - President of the Yorkshire Union of Law Societies.
  • Natalie Cosgrove – Past President Sheffield & District Law Society; Associate – Switalskis.
  • HHJ Malcolm Davis-White QC – Specialist Civil Circuit Judge.
  • Sue Harris – Past President of Leeds Law Society; Director - Walker Morris.
  • Diane Parker – Past President Doncaster & District Law Society; Partner – Atherton Godfrey.
  • Chris Rafferty – Zenith Chambers Leeds
  • Laura Cassidy
    (Fundraising and Development Manager)

The Access to Justice Foundation Trustee Board

  • Lord Goldsmith PC, QC, Chairman of the Board
    (former HM Attorney General)
  • Lance Ashworth QC
    (appointed by the Bar Council, former Chairman of the Midland Legal Support Trust)
  • Judith Gordon - Nichols
    (appointed by the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives, former President of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives)
  • Toby Brown
    (Treasurer, former Officer of the Foundation)
  • Professor Sara Chandler
    (appointed by the Law Society, Law Society Council Member, Member of the Law Society's Human Rights Committee)
  • Sir Charles Haddon-Cave
    (appointed by the Lord Chief Justice, High Court Judge)
  • Laurence Harris
    (appointed by law firms, Partner at Cooley LLP)
  • Andrew Holroyd CBE
    (appointed by law firms, former President of the Law Society 2007-8; Managing Partner at Jackson & Canter)
  • Steve Johnson
    (appointed by the Advice Services Alliance, former Chairman of the Advice Services Alliance; CEO of Advice UK)
  • Bob Nightingale MBE
    ​(appointed by the Legal Support Trusts, CEO of the London Legal Support Trust; a former Chairman of the Law Centres Network)