Case studies

I was appointed to the Property Tribunal in 2023 and fit in Tribunal work around my day job, working full-time as an architect in Sheffield.

My own background is rooted in social housing. I was born and raised in a multicultural, working-class, urban environment, with the additional life experience of having been homeless myself.

My professional background is in social care and health which I have been working in for over 30 years.

My background is in the transport industry, I am a Chartered Civil Engineer (Transport), a Chartered Surveyor, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Accredited Civil and Commercial Mediator.

My background is a portfolio career as GP partner and clinical assistant in Dermatology. I was appointed as a fee-paid medical member in 1996.

I am a solicitor, specialising in crime. I qualified in 2009 after converting to law – my degree is in computer science. I practiced in criminal defence before moving to the Criminal Cases Review Commission as head of legal.

I am a Chartered Financial Planner and Managing Partner of Bottriell Adams LLP, a boutique private client wealth management firm in Wimborne Minster I established in 2004.

I was diagnosed with a chronic arthritic condition when I was 7 years old. I spent a lot of time in hospital during those early years, my disease was very active, and my immune system seemed intent on taking my life.

I qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1985, becoming a Fellow in January 2000. I have a varied professional career ranging from a trainee general practice surveyor in Mid Wales to being appointed as a staff surveyor for Nationwide Building Society in Shropshire.

I spent the first 12 years of my career in private practice in Camden Town, becoming a partner soon after qualification and building up one of the largest specialist housing teams at the time.