Five new appointments to the Civil Justice Council

The Secretary of State for Justice has announced the appointment of 5 new members to the Civil Justice Council (CJC) for a period of 3 years from 1 January 2019.

Andrew Higgins is an Associate Professor of Civil Procedure at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Mansfield College. He is currently the General Editor of Civil Justice Quarterly. Andrew previously worked as a solicitor for the Australian law firm Slater & Gordon, and was admitted to the Victorian Bar in 2011. He has a Dphil from the University of Oxford and completed the BCL in 2005. Andrew has published civil procedure related subjects including a book on legal professional privilege.

Andrew Higgins has not declared any political activity

Mr Hanning qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEx) in 1990. He was a CILEx Council Member for 10 years and served as CILEx President for the year 2012-13.

He is an independent Consultant specialising in work-related psychiatric injury claims with Anthony Gold and Dutton Gregory, also providing external consultancy through DG Legal. He is a regular lecturer in areas of law affecting Occupational Health through the At Work Partnership.

He formerly chaired the ILEX Pro Bono Forum and CILEx Pro Bono Trust and currently chairs the South West Legal Support Trust and is a Trustee of Advocate (formerly the Bar Pro Bono Unit).

He is a member of the CJC Working Party on Access to Justice for Litigants in Person and the Litigant in Person Judicial Engagement Group and served on the Bach Commission on Access to Justice.

Mr Hanning has not declared any political activity.

Elisabeth Davies – Consumer Advice CJC member