Andrew McFarlane was called to the Bar in 1977 and practiced in chambers in Birmingham until 1993 when he moved to specialist family law chambers in London. He appeared at all levels of court including the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights. He was appointed as a QC in 1998. In April 2005 he was appointed to the High Court, Family Division and was, for five years, the Family Division Liaison Judge for the Midland Circuit. He was the legal member of the Government ‘Family Justice Review’ Panel. In July 2011 he was appointed to be a Lord Justice of Appeal sitting full time in the Court of Appeal in London. On 28 July 2018 Sir Andrew succeeded Sir James Munby as President of the Family Division and Head of Family Justice. Together with the late David Hershman he is the co-author of a loose-leaf legal text book entitled “Children: Law and Practice”. In addition, he has contributed to other publications and lectured throughout the UK and abroad. Sir Andrew has been a trustee of YoungMinds (the national young person’s mental health charity) and is Patron of HOPE Family Centre (Bromyard). In addition to being Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter, Sir Andrew was Chair of the Church of England Clergy Discipline Commission and President of Clergy Discipline Tribunals for five years until 2019. He has been a native of Herefordshire and Worcestershire for over 20 years.

The Honourable Chief Justice William Alstergren AO is the Chief Justice of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and the Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 2). His Honour was appointed as Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and a Justice of the Family Court of Australia on 13 October 2017. On 15 December 2017, his Honour was appointed Deputy Chief Justice and on 10 December 2018 his Honour was appointed Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia. On 1 September 2021 the Courts were renamed the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1) and (Division 2) respectively. His Honour was also previously the administrative head of the Appeal Division of the Court. After graduating from Melbourne University in Law (and completing an LLM), Chief Justice Alstergren undertook articles with Kenna Croxford & Co. From 1991 he practiced as a barrister in Melbourne and took silk in 2012. His Honour was regularly briefed in large and complex commercial, family, industrial, administrative law and tax trials and appeals in the Federal Court, Family Court and state superior courts. His Honour is a former Chairman of the Victorian Bar. Immediately prior to coming to the Bench, His Honour was the President of the Australian Bar Association. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2022 in recognition of his eminent service to the law, judiciary and sport. His Honour is the Head of Jurisdiction for two national courts which include 126 judges, 120 registrars and 2000 staff in 17 permanent locations and over 30 regional locations across Australia.