Council of Employment Judges (CEJ)
Updated April 2026
The Council of Employment Judges (CEJ) is the official judicial association for Employment Judges. CEJ represents Salaried and Fee-paid Employment Judges in the following jurisdictions:
- The Employment Tribunal in England and Wales,
- The Employment Tribunal in Scotland, and
- The Industrial Tribunal and Fair Employment Tribunal of Northern Ireland.
Our Committee has representatives from each region and nation, a representative of the Regional Employment Judges and from the fee-paid judges to represent their concerns.
We meet regularly with the Presidents of each jurisdiction, with the Tribunal’s Forum and through the Tribunal’s Forum with the Senior President of Tribunals and with the President of the Employment Appeal Tribunal. With each of them we raise the concerns of and promote the interests of our members. We also represent our members in consultations relevant to our jurisdiction.
Each year we have an annual conference to discuss issues relevant to our areas of work.
Those employment judges who wish to join can do so here: https://membermojo.co.uk/cej or use the QR code:
Executive Committee officers:
President: David Hoey
Vice President: Jonathan Gray
Junior Vice President: vacant
Treasurer: Lisa Sturgeon
Secretary: Fiona McLaren
Immediate Past President: Fiona McLaren
One representative from each region of England & Wales, from Scotland, and Northern Ireland:
England & Wales (10):
London Central: Sarah Keough
London East: Beyzade Beyzade
London South: Michael Reed
Midlands East: Kimbra Welch
Midlands West: Naeema Choudry
North East: Jonathan Brain
North West: Nicky Benson
South East: Laurie Anstis
South West: Jonathan Gray
Wales: Samantha Moore
Scotland (1):
Claire McManus
Northern Ireland (1):
Lisa Sturgeon
One rep from among the Regional EJs:
Rohan Pirani
Fee Paid EJs from different regions:
England & Wales (2):
Stephen Gowland and Jill Kelly
Scotland (1):
Paul Smith
Other members:
Marion Batten