Benchmark Standards Group
The initial members of the Benchmark Standards Group (BSG) are :
Practitioners and trainers
Rosanne Cubitt, Training Manager, Family Mediation Scotland
Ian McDonough, Mediation Advisor, SACRO
John Sturrock QC, Chief Executive, Core Solutions Group Limited
Users or clients of mediation or public interest representatives
Sarah O’Neill, Legal Officer, Scottish Consumer Council
Lord Kinclaven, Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
Lorna Gibbon, Civil & International Justice Directorate, Scottish Government
Academic and researchers
Dr Alison Brown, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Stirling University
Margaret Ross, Department of Law, Aberdeen University
People with experience of setting standards in other contexts
Tom Murray , Director of Legal Services and Applications, Scottish Legal Aid Board
Brian Magee, Chief Executive, COSCA(Counselling & Psychotherapy in Scotland)
Total of 10 members with Ewan Malcolm, Director of the Scottish Mediation Network as Executive Clerk
