Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery: Deputy Judges pre-application seminar
The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) (external link) will be launching a selection exercise in July to recruit five Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery Deputy Judges.
The seminar
The Judicial Office is organising a pre-application seminar that will take place online via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 20 May 2026 from 5.30pm to 6.30pm.
The seminar aims to help applicants be better prepared to make an application and to receive up-to-date guidance and advice on the JAC’s selection process. As well as the JAC, you will also hear from the Chamber President, Mr Justice Nicholas Thompsell and two serving deputy judges.
Who should attend?
Applications are invited from candidates with at least seven years’ post qualification legal experience and at least four years’ experience in either tax or financial services. Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented groups (women, ethnic minority candidates, disabled candidates).
The Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal exercises appellate and judicial review functions in relation to tax matters. The majority of this work is in deciding appeals on points of law from the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber). It also deals with several first instance jurisdictions, principally financial services regulation, where it hears references against decisions of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator.
Find out more information about the work of the Tax and Chancery Chamber.
Further information
See the job advert on the Judicial Careers Portal (external link).
Register for the event on the Judicial Careers Portal (external link).
For further information on the exercise, please see the JAC’s future vacancies page (external link).
For any queries regarding the recruitment campaign/selection exercise please contact the JAC selection exercise team DJUTTCC339@judicialappointments.gov.uk. Alternatively, sign up for alerts for this exercise (external link).
For any queries regarding the pre-application seminar, please email JudicialHROutreachEvents@judiciary.uk
Please note that although the Judicial Office will be running the pre-application seminar, the actual recruitment campaign is being done and led by the Judicial Appointments Commission.