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David Cockburn
Chair
Since 2001, David has held the statutory office of Certification Officer, which in effect is the Regulator for trade unions and employer associations (http://www.certoffice.org/). David is also a part time Employment Tribunal Judge, has previously been a practising partner and solicitor for many years and is an accredited Mediator. David has previously held various Chair positions, most recently Chair of the Employment Law Committee of the Law Society. He is an experienced Chair and Adjudicator.
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Emma Boothroyd
Adjudicator (legally qualified)
Emma is currently an Adjudicator with the Solicitor's Regulation Authority, deciding on issues of poor service and/or conduct relating to a complaint about solicitors. Emma has held this post since 2006. Admitted as a Solicitor in 1999, Emma is a highly experienced advocate and adjudicator. Previous experience has included acting as Barrister and Solicitor in the field of family law and Practice Standards Adviser for the Law Society.
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Michelle Peters
Adjudicator (legally qualified)
Michelle Peters has worked as a solicitor for Clifford Chance in marketing law and intellectual property litigation. She is currently a business consultant in franchise management and is an independent Member (Adjudicator) of the Direct Marketing Commission (formerly the Direct Marketing Authority), which adjudicates on complaints about breaches of the direct marketing Code of Practice. Michelle takes the lead at sub committees where companies who have breached the Code are asked to appear.
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David Jessel
Adjudicator (Lay)
David has worked for the past 6 years as Commissioner to the Criminal Cases Review Commission and has been a Member of the Advertising Advisory Committee at the ASA as well as Director of the independent television production company BFM. Prior to this he presented on Channel 4 and various BBC TV programmes including Newsweek, Out of Court and The World Today. David also carried out investigations on Channel 4's Trial and Error, Dispatches and the BBC's Rough Justice. He has won top awards in television for his career's work in investigating miscarriages of justice. In 2005 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of the University of England and has been honoured with the Bar Council's Special Award.
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Trevor John Williams
Adjudicator (Lay)
Trevor has for the past 20 years worked closely on child protection. He has worked as Chairman for 9 years to the Independent Child Protection Conference and as Lay Partner on the Health Professions Council. In 2006 Trevor was appointed Lay Member to the Mental Health Review Tribunal and has held judicial appointments as Specialist Member to the Care Standards Tribunal, Member on the Care Council for Wales and General Social Care Council and has acted as Chairman on the Doctor's and Dentist's Disciplinary Appeals Panel. He has gained much experience in dealing with regulatory frameworks within health and social care and child protection and has a wide knowledge of codes of practise and law in a variety of fields.
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Maggie Redfern
Adjudicator (Lay)
Maggie has most recently served as an Editorial Policy Adviser at the BBC, helping to ensure that programmes, online and mobile content and other off-air activities are within the BBC's editorial guidelines and are compliant with Ofcom and other regulatory codes.
She was a member of the Broadcasting Standards Commission, adjudicating on complaints about fairness, invasion of privacy and offence in radio and television broadcasting. In her earlier career she was for many years a radio producer, and later become a secondary school teacher, specialising in English and Media Studies. She was appointed Justice of the Peace in 2003 and sits regularly at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court. |
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