Berkley

Andrew

I am a serving family judge sitting in Manchester, England. I lead the Greater Manchester Family Drug and Alcohol Court [FDAC], a specialist problem-solving court approach to public law care proceedings involving children at risk of neglect and abuse due to parental substance use and related issues. As part of a Masters degree in substance use and substance use disorders at Queen's University, Belfast, I have undertaken the largest empirical study of judicial perspectives about the work carried out in FDAC and the impact that this work has upon its judges.