Judicial, barrister and lay panel members are nominated by the President of the Council of the Inns of Court to sit on disciplinary tribunals and other panels.
Barrister and lay panel members are appointed by the President of COIC on the recommendation of the Tribunal Appointments Body, following open competition. The requirements around the BTAS recruitment process are set out in the Appointments Protocol and the BTAS Recruitment and Selection Policy. Panellists are appointed against agreed competencies designed to identify individuals who will approach their work with integrity and objectivity and who will produce well-reasoned and fair decisions. The competencies used in the most recent recruitment process were:
COIC Disciplinary Pool competencies:
COIC Clerk competencies:
Training for panellists is also based on these competencies. This provides an objective and role-linked means of identifying the training and development needs of panel members and focuses on developing the desired performance characteristics.
The performance of the individual panellists is appraised regularly against the following core competences:
For further details please see the BTAS Performance and Appraisal Policy.
There is currently a pool of 72 lay (people who are not from the legal profession) and barrister panel members. Both lay and barrister panel members are wholly independent of the Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board.
The list below shows, in alphabetical order, the details of the barrister and lay members who have been appointed by the President of the Council of the Inns to sit on disciplinary tribunals and other panels and their declaration of interests.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Associate Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service; Lay Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council Test of Competence Assurance Advisory Group; Lay Member, General Dental Council Fitness to Practise Panel; Lay Member, Chartered Institute of Linguists; Disability Qualified Tribunal Member, Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service; Lay Member, NHS Advisory Committee for Clinical Excellence Awards.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Lay Member, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service; Panel Chair, Judicial Appointments Commission; Company Secretary, Penwith Education Trust; Trustee, the Central and Cecil Housing Trust Pension Fund; Governor, Heamoor Community Primary School; Fellow, Royal Chartered Institute of Housing.
Barrister (Lincoln's Inn)
Disciplinary
Self-employed barrister; member (pro bono), Cochrane Library Oversight Committee.
Barrister
Disciplinary
Director, International Bar Association; member, Human Rights Lawyers Association.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister of Middle Temple; Director, Promedite [UK] Ltd. [Mediation Provider]; Consultant, Southerns Solicitors; Deputy District Judge, Northern Circuit; Treasurer, UK Association of Fee Paid Judges; Member, Law Society Council; Member, Civil Mediation Council;
Lay
Disciplinary
Chair, Fitness to Practice, Nursing and Midwifery Council; member, Fitness to Practice, Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service; member, Judicial Appointments Commission; Lay Adjudicator, Social Work England.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
QC; member, Inner Temple; Immigration Judge [2006-2013]; Recorder [2009-2013]; Circuit Judge [2013-2018]; Associate Judge, Sovereign Base Areas Akrotiri and Dhekelia [2016-to date]; Chair, Independent Inquiry – Telford Child Sexual Exploitation; member, Cardiff University School of Psychology Research Ethics Committee; member, UK Environmental Law Association [UKELA]; member, Chartered Institute of Trading Standards.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Self employed Barrister practising from Twenty Essex; member, LCLCBA committee; member, Combar Executive; member, Combar Equality and Diversity Committee; member, Twenty Essex pupillage committee; member, Advocate and FRU; Trustee, Eric F Sparkes Charitable Trust; Director, 12/13 Mecklenburgh Square RTM Co. Ltd.; member, Combar, LCLCBA, member, Bar European Group; member, Competition Law Association; member, Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association; member, Young International Arbitrators Group; LMAA Supporting Member; member, South Eastern Circuit; member, International Bar Association, Lincoln’s Inn; volunteer Supervisor and Assessor, Duke of Edinburgh Award.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister, Mediator and Arbitrator; member, Middle Temple; Chancellor, St Albans Diocese [Church of England judicial part time appointment]; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panel [Eastern Region – part time tribunal chair]; member, Chancery Bar Association; member, Association of Contentions Trusts and Probate Specialists; member, Ecclesiastical Judges Association; member, Ecclesiastical Lawyers Association; member, Arbitral Women; member, LCIA; member, Civil Mediation Council; member, Bar Choral Society.
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Self employed barrister; member, Advocate [Bar Pro Bono Unit]; member, Employment Lawyers Association; member, Women in Law; member, Association of Regulatory Lawyers; contributor, ‘Supperstone, Goudie and Walker: Judicial Review’.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Employed Barrister; Head of RSPCA Prosecutions; Member, Inner Temple.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister of Gray’s Inn.
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Barrister and Academic; Teaching Officer in Law, Robinson College, Cambridge; Affiliated Lecturer, University of Cambridge; Ad hoc paid activities for University; Civilian volunteer, City of London Police’s Mounted Section; Member, Criminal Bar Association; Member, Socio Legal Studies Association; Member, Society of Legal Scholars; Member, Lincoln’s Inn; Ad-eundum member, Inner Temple [member of Outreach Committee].
Chairman (Gray's Inn)
Disciplinary / ICC
Self-employed barrister; Committee member, Chancery Bar Association; member, Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR); member, Wales and Chester Circuit; Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn, Governor, King’s College School Cambridge; Council member, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion.
Chairman (Middle Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Member, Human Rights Lawyers Association [HRLA]; Member, Inquest Lawyers Group; Member, Professional Negligence Bar Association [PNBA]; member, Labour Party.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Practising Barrister; member, Inner Temple; Deputy District Judge; member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; member, Criminal Bar Association; member, South Eastern Circuit.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Self-employed Lay Member; Lay Member, Scottish 1st Tier Property Tribunal; Member, Independent Appeals Panel for the Department for Transport; Subject Matter Expert, Metropolitan Police; Lay Member, West Midlands Police Ethics Committee; Trustee, ASB Help; Consultant, Council and Housing Associations [in relation to Community Safety];
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Barrister; member, Gray’s Inn; Disciplinary panel member, London FA; occasional panel member, MCC Disciplinary panel; Trustee, Kalisher Trust; member, Young Fraud Lawyers Association; member, Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum; member, Criminal Bar Association; member LawInSport Plus; member, In and Out Club.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn; Member, FSLA, COMBAR, ALBA.
Lay
Disciplinary
Group Captain RAF (Ret’d); Deputy Director, Supply Chain, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust; Life member, Royal Air Forces Association.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Practising Barrister; Head of Chambers – St Johns Buildings; member, Family Law Bar Association; member, Child Concern.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Employed Barrister, Specialist Prosecutor working for the Specialist Fraud Division within the Crown Prosecution Service; member Middle Temple
Chairman (Inner Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Member, Professional Negligence Bar Association [PNBA]; member, Personal Injury Bar Association [PIBA]; member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers [ARDL]; member, London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association [LCLCBA].
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister; Deputy High Court Judge; member, Property Bar Association; member, Chancery Bar Association; member, Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Chairman (Middle Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Partner, Greenberg Traurig LLP; Recorder, Crown Court / County Court [Fee Paid]; Chairman, Code Panel of Phone Paid Services Authority [PSA] [Fee Paid]; Deemster [Part time Judge of High Court of Isle of Man] [Fee Paid]; Adviser, Dil Trust Charity [Pro Bono]; British Pakistan Foundation Charity [Pro Bono]; member, International Bar Association; member, Arab Bankers Association; member, Middle Temple.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
DPhil Research Student, Magdalen College University of Oxford; Board Member, Office for Students.
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Panel Member, Bar Pro Bono Unit; Member, Personal Injury Bar Association; Member, Administrative Law Bar Association.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister; member, Inner Temple; member, Criminal Bar Association; member, Midland Circuit; member South Eastern Circuit; member, Old Etonian Association; member, Coldstream Guards Association. member, BASC.
Chairman (Middle Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Self-employed barrister; member, Investment Committee of the Harbour Litigation Funding; chairman, Trustees of the International Law Book Facility; Master of the Bench, Middle Temple; member, Commercial Bar Association [COMBAR]; member, London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; member, Professional Negligence Bar Association; Director, Board of Saint Mawes Pier and Harbour Company.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Practising Barrister; member, Executive Committee of the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk.
Barrister (Middle Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister; Fee Paid Employment Judge; Attorney -General’s A Panel for Government Work [Regional]; member, Personal Injuries Association; member, Middle Temple.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Member, Parole Board of England and Wales [employment]; Non-executive Director, Costs Lawyers Standards Board; Member, Judicial Appointments Commission [appointment]; member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons [appointment].
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Barrister; Member, Middle Temple; Member, Criminal Bar Association.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Public Sector Contractor
Chairman (QC)
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister, member 23 Essex Street Chambers and door tenant at Deans Court Chambers; member, Middle Temple; member, Lexis Nexis Corporate Crime Lawyers Consulting Editorial Board; Trustee, Freebar; Chair, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; member, Fraud Lawyers Association; member, South Eastern Circuit; member, various Bar Messes; Team Leader, 23 Essex Street Chambers Regulatory and Disciplinary practice team; Co-Chair, 23 Essex Street Chambers Complaints Committee; member, Labour Party.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister, member 10 Old Square Chambers; member, Professional Committee of the Complementary and Natural Healthcare Council [ad hoc]; member, Rugby Football Union Independent Judiciary; Advocacy Tutor, Lincoln’s Inn; member, Chancery Bar Association; member, Charity Law Association; member, Court of Protection Practitioner’s Association;
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Lay Member, Investigations Committee for ARB [Architect’s Registration Board]; Chair, Audit Registration Committee [Institute of Chartered Accountants England and Wales]; Lay Member, Professional Conduct Committee, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives Regulation [CILEx]; Lay Member, Professional Conduct Committee, General Osteopathic Council; Chair, Investigations Committee, Nursery and Midwifery Council; member, Adjudication Panel, Landscape Institute.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Security Consultant; Committee Member, BTAS Strategic Advisory Board; President, British Transport Police History Group.
Barrister (Gray's Inn)
Disciplinary / ICC
Member, Family Law Bar Association; Member, Resolution; Member, Western and South Eastern Circuits; Member, Professional Negligence Bar Association; Bencher, Gray’s Inn.
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Self employed barrister practising in criminal and public law; CPS Grade 2 Prosecutor on Serious Crime, Proceeds of Crime, and Fraud specialist panels; Advocate, Serious Fraud Office; member, South Eastern Circuit; member, Criminal Bar Association;’ member, Seldon Society;
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Self employed barrister; Contributor, ‘Supperstone, Goudie and Walker: Judicial Review’ [6 Ed., 2017]. Member, Bar Pro Bono Unit; Member, Commercial Bar Association; Member, Administrative Law Bar Association; Member, Property Bar Association; Member, Public Access Bar Association; Member, South Eastern Circuit.
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister; Fee Paid Deputy District Judge, Judge, Employment Tribunal; Recorder, Judge of the FTT [SEC]; Director, Mazel Assets, member, Employment Lawyers Association.
Barrister (Middle Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister; Visiting Lecturer, University of Law; Legal Adviser, General Optical Council; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Disciplinary Tribunals – MOPAC & Eastern Region; Legal Adviser, British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy; member, Advocate Bar Pro Bono Unit; member, Legal Advisor, South Westminster Legal Advice Centre; member, Sports Resolution Pro Bono Panel; panel member, Essex Youth Offending Service; member, Middle Temple; member, Criminal Bar Association; member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; member, South Eastern Circuit.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Retired Superintendent, Metropolitan Police Service; Resolution Consultant, TCM Group; Lay Panel Member, Fitness to Practice Nursing and Midwifery Council; Lay Panel Member, Fitness to Practice British Counselling and Psychotherapy, Lay Member, Surrey/Sussed Advisory Committee; Trustee, Aplastic Anaemia Trust, Lay Member, Patient Liason Group British Medical Association; volunteer, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Lay Member; Retired Executive Director, NHS Foundation Trust; Director of Strategy and Partnerships [interim], Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Special Advisor and Executive Reviewer, Care Quality Commission [CQC]; Education Associate, General Dental Council [GDC]; Independent Panel Member, Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime [MOPAC]; Lay Member, General Optical Council [GOC].
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Lay Panel Chair / Lay Adjudicator, Social Work England [SWE]; Lay Member, Insolvency Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales [ICAEW; Lay Member Statutory Committees: General Pharmaceutical Council [GPC]; Lay Member, Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service; Lay Chair Fitness to Practise Panel, Health and Care Professions Council [HCPC]; Lay Examiner, Royal College of Surgeons of England and Wales [RCS]; Self Employed HR Consultant; Lay Member, Employment Tribunals [ET]; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development [FCIPD]; member, Employment Tribunals Membership Association London Central [ETMALC]; member, National Landlords Association [NLA].
Lay
Disciplinary / ICC
Panel member, Employment Tribunal Service [Scotland]; Invigilator. Sunderland College; Retired Police Sergeant, Durham Constabulary; Director / Management and Training Consultant, AMW Professional Ltd; Director / Trustee, National Appropriate Adult Network; Retired member, Police Federation of England and Wales.
Barrister (Middle Temple)
Disciplinary / ICC
Member, Family Bar Association.
Chairman
Disciplinary / ICC
Practising Barrister, Family Law; Head of Chambers, St Ives Chambers Birmingham; Chair, West Midlands Family Bar Association; member, Family Bar Association; member, Association of Lawyers for Children; member, Midland Circuit; independent member Parole Board; Recorder appointed in 2018 sitting in the Family Court.
Barrister (Lincoln's Inn)
Disciplinary / ICC
Employed barrister; Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Member, Young International Arbitration Group.
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Self employed barrister; Associate Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University; Legally Qualified Chair, HCPC Tribunal; member, Bar Liaison Committee Inner Temple; member, Bar Association for Commerce, Finance and Industry [BACFI]; member, Family Law Bar Association;
Barrister
Disciplinary / ICC
Barrister; Legal Adviser, Social Work England; Legal Adviser, General Optical Council; Legal Adviser, General Pharmaceutical Council; panel chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; panel chair, Health Care and Professions Council Tribunal Service; Legally Qualified Chair, Tax Disciplinary Board; lay panel member, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy; Legally Qualified Chair, Architects Registration Board’s Professional Conduct Committee; member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers [ARDL]; member, Lincoln’s Inn.
Barrister (Clerk)
Disciplinary
Self-employed Barrister; member, London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association; member, Family Law Bar Association; member, Association of Lawyers for Children.