Baronness Massey of Darwen
Doreen Elizabeth Massey, Baroness Massey of Darwen is a Labour member of the House of Lords.
A former teacher and education advisor, she was the Director of the Family Planning Assoctaion. She was made a Life Peer as Baroness Massey of Darwen, of Darwen in 1999 and worked in the House of Lords as member of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Integrated and Complementary Healthcare. She is the chair of the All Party Group on Children.
David Wolfe
David Wolfe is a public lawyer at Matrix, a Commissioner (non-executive director) at the Legal Services Commission and a Board Member of the newly-created Legal Services Board. Until July 2008, he was a part-time Chair of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal.
David has in the past been a governor at three primary schools and a FE College and is currently a governor at a Middle School, attended by his two daughters and a High School.
David has also been a County Councillor and a member of a Local Education Authority.
As a barrister, David regularly advises and act for parents/children and NGOs on education and related matters such as admissions, exclusions, SEN, school reorganisation, disability/equality and human rights issues.
David trains lawyers and others, particularly in education and public law. He contributes regularly to general and specialist publications and radio broadcasts on legal issues.
David believes passionately that public bodies should act in a fair and open way, and that the law and lawyers have a key role in ensuring that happens.
