Ms Marie-Claire Maney:

Yes, we have had to take into account the restrictions. We are classified as an essential service under the administration of justice. We have a small anchor team. They bring people into the building and we have people who set up the scheduling and who manage IT. There are between six and eight people there at any one time. Then we have teams who come in on a rota. Currently, the rota is one week in four. That brings in another eight to ten people. We have had people who have had to self-isolate and stay at home and cases where it is really not essential to come into the office. These people have worked away, and have done work including proofreading determinations and all the post.

All the files last year under my domain were digitised. That really helped with remote working. We have had a mixed bag. There has been an unusual management structure but we have all adapted to it and it has worked well. I have never met one third of my staff. Obviously, we are online but we have never met. That is the pitch I am on and I have enjoyed the pitch. We have made the best of it. I have never met one third of the 28 administrative staff.