New tax tribunal judges sought

The First-tier Tribunal is recruiting new judges in an exercise launching on 5 October. The tax tribunal is seeking ‘fee-paid’ judges – these are part-time roles with an expectation that the judges will commit to spend a minimum of 15 days hearing tax appeals and a similar number of days writing their decisions each year. Readers will be familiar with the wide and challenging range of cases which come before the tribunal and the work is demanding but fascinating. Training is provided.

Details of the forthcoming recruitment exercise and how to register for the first stage qualifying test are on the Judicial Appointments Commission website.

Registration closes on 19 October.

Note that this is a generic exercise to appoint fee-paid judges in a number of First-tier Tribunal chambers and the Employment Tribunal. Rest assured that if an individual who has experience in tax and is only interested...