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Attending Gregor McGill (Co-chair), Crown Prosecution Service Alyson Sprawson, Senior Presiding Judge office Nick Ephgrave (Co-Chair), Surrey police  
Brendan Foreman, National Crime Agency Kate Anderson, Crown Prosecution Service Martin Huxley, National Crime Agency Anthony Hill, Attorney General's Office Richard Atkinson, Criminal Law Committee Daniel Bonich, CLSA 
Janet Arkinstall, Law Society Richard Atkins QC, Bar Council Kerry Hudson, LCCSA 
Mary Aspinall-Miles, Criminal Bar Association Michael Agnew, Public Prosecution service for Northern Ireland Matthew Grist, Ministry of Justice District Judge Karim Ezzat, Chief Magistrates office John Cairncross, Home Office Asia Schuler - note taker Apologies Allison Hunter QC, Criminal Bar Association Alyson Sprawson, Senior Presiding Judge's office Sarah Pritchard, National Crime Agency Purnima Uppal, Attorney General's Office Joanna Fiddian, HMCTS 
Yin Jones, Crown Prosecution Service Richard Chown, Ministry of Justice David Tucker, College of Policing Ian Kelcey, Law Society 
 

## 1. Welcome And Introductions

 
1.1 The co-chairs welcomed members.  Apologies were received from members who could not 
attend. 

## 2.   Minutes And Actions

 
2.1 A "task and finish" group will be commissioned to work on the action arising from 
developing communications between CPS, police and defence.  The CLSA, LCCSA and Law Society have asked to be represented. 
 

## 3. **Ndip Next Steps.**

 
3.1 NDIP1 addressed current issues within a short timeframe.  NDIP2 will take a long term view 
focussing on culture and improving purposes.    
 
3.2 The extension of the three month pilot on the Disclosure management Document was 
confirmed. 
3.3 The NDIP Disclosure Delivery Board had identified themes of communication, 
professionalism and technology as part of NDIP2. 
3.4 There was discussion about whether the practices embodied by the Forum could be rolled 
out in Areas across the country as part of NDIP2. 
 
3.5 The fact that the Communication Log on the Digital Caselines System cannot be edited by 
defence so is a prosecution document only was discussed.  The Forum wanted consideration to be given to making the document available to the defence to edit as a means of encouraging communication. HMCTS own DCS and this will be taken forward with them. 
3.6 The co-chairs informed the Forum that NDIP2 would be published in the autumn. 
 

## 4. Training

4.1 The NCA will be ready to have an external debrief with stakeholders on their training 
package once they have had an internal debrief. 
4.2 The police training launched on 23 April 2018 had seen a high completion rate.  Conferences 
had also taken place across the country. 
4.3 The Forum was briefed on the CPS training which was being delivered face to face and led by 
Chief Crown Prosecutors.   Prosecutors' feedback indicated that they enjoyed this method of 
delivery more than online courses. 
 
4.4 Police and CPS expect to have a joint conference later this year.  
 
4.5 There needed to be more coordinated ways to share knowledge and training and the Forum 
agreed that there should be a series of webinars hosted by CPS and police. 

## 5. Aob

 
5.1 The minutes of the NDIP National Disclosure Forum would be published as a means of 
sharing communication. 
5.2 The impact on detection rates and timeliness of investigations of front-loading cases with 
disclosure was discussed. 
 
5.3 There will be an extended meeting in early September, before the Disclosure Seminar which 
will be chaired by the Director of Public Prosecutions.