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About the Upper Tribunal judges
Upper Tribunal judges decide appeals on points of law from the Social Entitlement, Health, Education and Social Care and War pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal.
List of Upper Tribunal judges
- Senior President of Tribunals
- Sir Robert Carnwath CVO
- Chamber President of the Administrative Appeals Chamber and Deputy Senior President of Tribunals
- Mr Justice Hickinbottom (to 20 April 2009)
- Mr Justice Walker (from 21 April 2009)
Senior Upper Tribunal judge in Scotland
- Judge Douglas May Q.C.
Upper Tribunal judges
- Judge Andrew Bano
- Judge Alan Gamble
- Judge Patrick Howell Q.C.
- Judge Edward Jacobs
- Judge Elisabeth Jupp
- Judge Shelley Lane
- Judge Howard Levenson
- Judge Andrew Lloyd-Davies
- Judge John Mesher
- Judge Stephen Pacey
- Judge Patrick Powell
- Judge Mark Rowland
- Judge Charles Turnbull
- Judge Christopher Ward
- Judge Nick Wikeley
- Judge David Williams
Additional Judges of the Upper Tribunal by Statute (section 5(1) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) include:
- His Honour Judge Martin QC (Chief Commissioner (Northern Ireland))
- Mr Commissioner Mullan (Northern Ireland)
Deputy Upper Tribunal judges
- Deputy Judge Sir Crispin Agnew of Lochnaw Bt QC
- Deputy Judge David Burns QC
- Deputy Judge Godfrey Cole CBE
- Deputy Judge Alison Green
- Deputy Judge Ann Humphrey
- Deputy Judge Michael Mark
- His Honour Judge John Martin QC (Chief Commissioner, N Ireland)
- Deputy Judge Elizabeth Ovey
- Deputy Judge Nicholas Paines QC
- Deputy Judge Tanya Parker
- Deputy Judge Richard Poynter
- Deputy Judge Ann Ramsay
- Deputy Judge Alison Rowley
- Deputy Judge Jeremy Thomas
- Deputy Judge Robin White
- Deputy Judge Christopher Whybrow QC
- Deputy Judge John Wright QC
Note:
From 3 November 2008 the new Upper Tribunal has taken over the work of the Social Security, Child Support and Pensions Appeal Commissioners. The Commissioners formerly handled appeals from tribunals that are now covered by the Social Entitlement Chamber, and the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.
The Upper Tribunal also deals with appeals from the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal.
Page last updated 27th May 2009
