President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Retirement: Clements

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Judge Michael Alan Clements retires as President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) with effect from 21 July 2023.

Background information

Judge Clements was admitted as a Solicitor in 1983. He was appointed a part-time Chairman of the Child Support Tribunal in 1993, a part-time Chairman of the Social Security Appeal Tribunals in 1995 and a part-time Immigration Adjudicator in 1997. He was appointed a Legally Qualified Panel Member of Appeal Tribunals in 1999, an Immigration Adjudicator in 2001 and a salaried Senior Immigration Judge (now known as a Judge of the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)) in 2006. He was appointed President of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in 2011.