Membership announcement for the Family Transparency Implementation Group (TIG)

Updated 2 October 2025

Following a successful EoI process, the President is pleased to announce the membership of the Transparency Implementation Group. Due to the diverse strength and experience of applicants, membership was extended to include: family practitioner, junior barrister and media specialist practitioner-barrister.

Role	Member	Description
Head of TIG	President of the Family Division (Sir Andrew McFarlane)	Head of Family Justice England and Wales
Co-Chair	Mrs Justice Nathalie Lieven	Family Division Judge
Co-Chair	Her Honour Judge Madeleine Reardon	East London Family Court
Financial Remedies Sub-group Chair	His Honour Judge Stuart Farquhar	Brighton Family Centre
Transparency Review: Independent Panel Member	Nicola Shaw CBE
Circuit Judge	His Honour Judge Adem Muzaffer	Cardiff Civil and Family Justice Centre
Magistrate Member	Julia Steels JP
Magistrate Member	Andrew Wood JP	Regional Lead Magistrate – Midlands
Secretary to the TIG	DJ Jack Harrison	Manchester Family Court
Secretary to the TIG	Olivia Kirkbride	Barrister – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers (London)
Family Justice Young Peoples Board	Jennifer Gibbon-Lynch & Young person(s)	FJYPB Co-ordinator
Family Rights Group	Angela Frazer-Wicks	Chair of Trustees, Family Rights Group
Family Rights Group	Clare Walsh	Member of Parents’ Panel; Kinship Carer
Data Expert	Dr Natalie Byrom	Director of Research: The Legal Education Foundation
Nuffield Family Justice Observatory	Lisa Harker	Director
Academic	Dr Julie Doughty	Senior Lecturer in Law, School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University
Practitioner Barrister	Charles Hale KC	Barrister & Arbitrator, 4 Paper Buildings
Practitioner Junior Barrister	Femi Ogunlende	Barrister, No5 Chambers
Practitioner Media specialist	Guy Vassall-Adams KC	Barrister, Matrix Chambers
Practitioner Solicitor	Olive Craig	Senior Legal Officer, Rights of Women
Legal Adviser	HMCTS Lawyer	Legal Adviser, HMCTS Midlands Region
Media Rep- Journalist	Sian Harrison	Law Service Editor, PA Media
Media Rep- Legal Blogger	Lucy Reed	Chair of The Transparency Project, Barrister and Blogger
Ministry of Justice	MoJ Official	Head of Courts Transparency Policy
Ministry of Justice	MoJ Official	Head of Public Law Policy Team
HMCTS	Adam Lennon	Deputy Director and Service Owner-Family
DfE	DfE Official	Head of Children’s Rights and Family Justice
ADCS	Helen Lincoln	Executive Director for Children, Families & Education (DCS), Essex County Council

The TIG aim to meet before Christmas to begin this important work. Terms of reference will be published in due course.

The President thanks all those who took the time to express their interest in this work.

Further updates will be provided as the work progresses.