The Executive Committee met on 17th
March in Edinburgh.
There was consideration of the draft strategic plan and the reports from the
various committees. Steve Humphreys, Director of the Judicial Office for Scotland,
joined the meeting for a period and spoke about the role of the Judicial Office
in relation to JPs from April 2010.
Pilot Justice Forums are being set
up in North Strathclyde and SSDG with SCS
regulations determining how they will be established and will operate. Pilots will run for 6 months and the format
may be extended throughout Scotland.
The next meeting of the SJA
executive will be on 20th May in Edinburgh.
The SJA publishes Newsletters on a regular basis. The full copy of issue 11 Autumn 2011 is available here. Copies of all previous issues are available by opening up the SJA Newsletters option in the menu on the left.