Successful candidates share their stories and experience of why they wanted to work in the judiciary, how they found the application process and what their role entails day-to-day.
Case studies
56 case studies
Suzanna Jacoby: Specialist Member of the Upper Tribunal
I am a qualified social worker and my background is as an Expert Witness and former CEO of a foster care company. I still practise as a social worker, and the majority of my other work is adjudicating on fitness to practise hearings for six health and social work regulators in the UK.
The Honourable Mr Justice Rajah: High Court Judge
I was born in Ipoh, Malaysia, and attended school in Malaysia and England before studying law at the University of Nottingham.
Tom Church: Upper Tribunal, Administration Appeals Chamber
I attended my local comprehensive and read English at university before converting to law. I qualified as a barrister but spent most of my career as a solicitor. For 20 years I worked in global law firms specialising in complex cross-border finance transactions.
Tribunal Judge James Bowen – Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber
I grew up in Cardiff and went to the local comprehensive school, before studying law at university. After returning to Wales for my LPC, I trained in a large regional firm in Bristol and went on to specialise in civil litigation.
Tribunal Judge June Victoria Meadowcroft, Fee-Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber (HESC)
I was the first in my family to attend university, gaining a First Class Degree. I also qualified as a Registered General Nurse and Registered Midwife.