Nicholas Moss was a Probation Board Chair for six years (2001-2007) and was closely involved in the then evolving debate about commissioning and how it should operate. As a magistrate he was – and remains - a court room consumer of probation services. Five years on, he looks at the picture afresh from both perspectives and considers how far commissioning has developed as a means of providing the right services for the courts; and at its impact on the interdependent relationship between sentencers and probation. He will consider also whether commissioning raises new challenges for the inviolable commitment to judicial independence.

To book your place please email academy@noms.gsi.gov.uk

Please note places are limited and will be allocation on a strictly first come first served basis