About the commissioners
Commissioners decide appeals on points of law from Social Security and Child Support Appeals tribunals in social security, tax credit, child support, housing benefit, council tax benefit and compensation recovery cases. They also decide appeals from Pensions Appeal Tribunals relating to war pensions and the armed and reserve forces compensation scheme and cases which have been referred to them under the Forfeiture Act.
List of Commissioners
- Chief Commissioner for Great Britain
- His Honour Judge Hickinbottom
Senior Commissioner for Scotland
Commissioners
- Mr E.A.L. Bano
- Mr P.L. Howell Q.C.
- Mr E. Jacobs
- Mrs E. Jupp
- Mr H. Levenson
- Mr A. Lloyd-Davies
- Mr J. Mesher
- Mr S.J. Pacey
- Mr J.P. Powell
- Mr. M. Rowland
- Mr C. Turnbull
- Dr D.W. Williams
Deputy Commissioners
- Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt QC
- David Burns QC
- Godfrey Cole CBE
- Alan Gamble
- Alison Green
- Ann Humphrey
- Michael Mark
- His Honour Judge J.A.H. Martin QC (Chief Commissioner, N Ireland)
- Elisabeth Ovey
- Nicholas Paines QC
- Mrs L.T. Parker
- Richard Poynter
- Ann Ramsay
- Alison Rowley
- Jeremy Thomas
- Robin White
- Christopher Whybrow QC
- Nick Wikeley
- John Wright QC