Tag: Tribunal

I qualified as a chartered accountant in 1999 and am a Fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants, with over 30 years' experience in senior financial and operational roles across the not-for-profit sector.

I had always wanted to pursue a career in law. I trained as a solicitor at a criminal defence solicitors before qualifying and becoming a Prosecutor in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).

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.

Tribunal judge Samina Majid was appointed as a fee-paid judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, in 2019.

Lesley Smith is a full time Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber. She was previously a fee-paid Lawyer Chairman of the Residential Property Tribunal, and a senior Government Lawyer with the Treasury Solicitor’s Department. Lesley is a former ILEX Fellow.

David Chrimes is a (salaried) District Tribunal Judge of the Social Entitlement Chamber, in the SE Region, based at Luton Magistrates’ Court.

I had been a solicitor in private practice for 20 years, specialising in employment law when I was appointed as a salaried Employment Judge in 2019.