AJC members

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

  1. Lord Justice Dingemans (Chair), Senior President of Tribunals
  2. Rebecca Hilsenrath (Deputy Chair), Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman
  3. Lady Morag-Wise, President of Scottish Tribunals
  4. Sir Gary Hickinbottom, President of Welsh Tribunals
  5. Judge Meleri Tudur, Fee paid judge, Wales
  6. Margaret Kelly, Northern Ireland Public Service Ombudsman
  7. Michelle Morris, Welsh Public Service Ombudsman
  8. Amerdeep Somal, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman
  9. Richard Blakeway, Housing Ombudsman
  10. Emma Austin, Professional Support Lawyer – Corporate Legal Services, Care Quality Commission (legal representative seat)
  11. Rebecca Wilkinson, CEO, LawWorks
  12. Professor Chris Gill, Director, Justice Research and Innovation Ltd
  13. Calum Jones, Head of Tribunals, Scottish Government
  14. Chris James, Justice Policy, Welsh Government
  15. Tracy Parker-Priest, Deputy Director of Tribunals, HMCTS
  16. Rachael Peters, Joint Head of Strategy Unit, HMCTS
  17. Rhian Davies-Rees, Head of Welsh Tribunals Unit, Welsh Government
  18. Cathryn Hannah, Deputy Director, Legal Support and Dispute Resolution, MoJ
  19. Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive, JUSTICE
  20. Judge John Keith, Upper Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Special Immigration Appeals Commission
  21. Judge Mark Aspinall, First-tier Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber and Social Entitlement Chamber
  22. President Elena Feeney, Chamber President, First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber
  23. Marie Burton, Deputy Director, Advice Services Alliance.

Working Group Chairs (until Summer 2025)

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

Further information

Read biographies of members of the AJC