Biographies
Chairman:
The Rt. Hon. Sir Mark Potter
President of the Family Division of the High Court
Lord Justice (Mark) Potter became President of the Family Law Division and Head of Family Justice at the beginning of April 2005. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in 1996. He was called to the bar in 1961 and took silk in 1980. From 1988-1996 he was a Judge of the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division and from 1991 to 1994 he was a Presiding Judge on the Northern Circuit. From 1998 to 1999 he was Chairman of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct. He has been Chairman of the Legal Services Advisory Panel since 2000 and a trustee of the Somerset House Trust since 1997.