AJC members

The members of the Administrative Justice Council (AJC) are:

  1. Lord Justice Dingemans (Chair), Senior President of Tribunals
  2. TBA (Deputy Chair)
  3. Lady Morag-Wise, President of Scottish Tribunals
  4. Sir Gary Hickinbottom, President of Welsh Tribunals
  5. Judge Meleri Tudur, Deputy Chamber President, Health Education and Social Care Chamber
  6. Margaret Kelly, Northern Ireland PSO
  7. Michelle Morris, Welsh PSO
  8. Rebecca Hilsenrath, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  9. Amerdeep Somal, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
  10. Richard Blakeway, Housing Ombudsman
  11. Diane Sechi, Senior Solicitor, South- West London Law Centre and Simmons & Simmons
  12. Emma Austin, Professional Support Lawyer – Corporate Legal Services, Care Quality Commission (legal representative seat)
  13. Rebecca Wilkinson, CEO, LawWorks
  14. Professor Joe Tomlinson, Professor of Public Law, University of York (Chair of the Academic Panel)
  15. Mandy Williams, Head of Courts and Tribunals, Scottish Government
  16. Chris James, Justice Policy, Welsh Government
  17. April Dalzell, Acting Head of Tribunal and Enforcement Operations, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
  18. Tracy Parker-Priest, Deputy Director of Tribunals, HMCTS
  19. Rhian Davies-Rees, Head of Welsh Tribunals Unit, Welsh Government
  20. Cathryn Hannah, Deputy Director, Legal Support and Dispute Resolution, MoJ
  21. Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive, JUSTICE
  22. Natalie Byrom, Consultant
  23. Judge John Keith, Upper Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Special Immigration Appeals Commission
  24. Judge Mark Aspinall JP, Judge, First-tier Tribunal and Employment Tribunal

Working Group Chairs (until Summer 2025)

26. Lucy Scott-Moncrieff, Chair of the disadvantaged users working group
27. Caroline Sheppard, Chair of the digitisation working group

Further information

Read biographies of members of the AJC