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Dec 19 - Justices Development Committee December 2011

The Development Committee of the SJA met on Tuesday 6th December 2011. Susan Kirkwood was reappointed to the Chair and Bob Mitchell became secretary. The committee reviewed its remit and explored some of the challenges that lie ahead. These included attempting to make access to the Judicial Intranet and SJA website less daunting to those members reluctant to use them, exploring how the committee could contribute to Justices personal development and the need to make JSC learning materials more accessible to individual Justices. The proposed dates of the two 2012 National Training Conferences were noted. It was felt that a 5 year training cycle did not accurately reflect the training needs of individual Justices and ways of identifying these were discussed.

Nov 29 - The Scottish Justice Autumn 2011

Issue 11 of the Scottish Justice - the newsletter of the Scottish Justices Association has now been published and is available for download here. The newsletter includes reports on

• the survey of justices which was carried out earlier this year -  "Working Together"
• disclosure of evidence in Scotland
• fines collection and enforcement
• the oath of office for justices
• visiting JPs from New Zealand
  
• CMJA conference 2011
• discussion of the triple v. single bench

it also features the Wick Justice of the Peace court - the most northernly Justice of the Peace court in Scotland.

Sep 28 - Result of SJA Executive Elections

SJA Executive Committee Elections 2011

The full report of the election sub committee is available on the website the following summarises the result.

Glasgow and Strathkelvin - no election - Andrew Leven retains post

Grampian Highlands & Islands - no election - J. Allan Clasper retains post

Lothian & Borders. Voting papers sent out 52, votes cast 39

Bob Mitchell 20
David M. B. Hamilton 19

North Strathclyde – no election -Tom Finnigan takes up post vacated

Tayside Central and Fife – no election - Robin White retains post

South Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway

With three candidates for three posts an election was required to determine the years each candidate would serve on the executive

Voting papers sent out 84, votes cast 59. There was 1 spoiled paper.

Votes used: 5 used 3 votes; 17 used 2 votes; 36 used 1 vote. Total votes cast 85         

            Johan Findlay 36 – elected for 3 years

            James Johnstone 25 – elected for 2 years

            Jennifer Milligan 24 – elected for 1 year

Sep 12 - Justices Development Committee

The Justices Development Committee met on 12 September 2011 in Edinburgh. Feedback from the survey report “Working Together - the Justice of the Peace and the Legal Adviser” was considered. The committee and the JP raining Consultant discussed the work being undertaken by the JSC, and in particular plans for the 2012 national conference. The content of the Judicial Intranet and the difficulties for JPs in using it were also discussed and suggestions made.

The remit of the committee was discussed and a draft will be submitted to the November meeting of the SJA Executive. Suggestions of topics for future meetings with SCS, COPFS and SLAB were also made.

The provisional date for the next meeting of the committee is 6 December 2011.

Jun 16 - Communications Committee 16 June 2011
June 16 2011 - Communications Committee

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