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. Diane Sechi, Senior Solicitor, South- West London Law Centre and Simmons & Simmons
  11. Emma Austin, Professional Support Lawyer – Corporate Legal Services, Care Quality Commission (legal representative seat)
  12. Rebecca Wilkinson, CEO, LawWorks
  13. Professor Joe Tomlinson, Professor of Administrative Law, Kings College London
  14. Mandy Williams, Head of Courts and Tribunals, Scottish Government
  15. Chris James, Justice Policy, Welsh Government
  16. April Dalzell, Acting Head of Tribunal and Enforcement Operations, Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
  17. Tracy Parker-Priest, Deputy Director of Tribunals, HMCTS
  18. Rhian Davies-Rees, Head of Welsh Tribunals Unit, Welsh Government
  19. Cathryn Hannah, Deputy Director, Legal Support and Dispute Resolution, MoJ
  20. Fiona Rutherford, Chief Executive, JUSTICE
  21. Judge John Keith, Upper Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Special Immigration Appeals Commission
  22. 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