BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260520T173000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_211_7aa7c719a9fc24cc4c1ee7c3e1356ef7@www.judicialcareers.judiciary.uk SUMMARY:Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery\; Deputy Judges – roles in Financial Services or Tax: Pre-Applicatio n seminar 2026 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Judici al Appointments Commission (JAC) will be launc hing a selection exercise in July to recruit 5 Upp er Tribunal Tax and Chancery Deputy Judges.

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The seminar

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The Jud icial Office is organising a pre-application s eminar that will take place online via Microsoft T eams on Wednesday 20th May 2026 (5.30-6.30 pm).

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The seminar aims to help applicants be better prepared to make an applicat ion and to receive up-to-date guidance and advice on the JAC’s selection process. As well as the JAC \, you will also hear from the Chamber President\, Mr Justice Nicholas Thompsell and two serving dep uty judges. 

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Who should att end?

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Applications are inv ited from candidates with at least 7 years’ post q ualification legal experience and at least 4 years ’ experience in either tax or financial services. Applications are particularly welcome from under-r epresented groups (women\, ethnic minority candida tes\, disabled candidates).

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The Tax an d Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal exercises appellate and judicial review functions in relati on to tax matters. The majority of this work is in deciding appeals on points of law from the First- tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber). It also deals with se veral first instance jurisdictions\, principally f inancial services regulation\, where it hears refe rences against decisions of the Financial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator.

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For information on the work of the Tax and Chancer y Chamber of the Upper Tribunal please click here.

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Further i nformation

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For further in formation on the exercise\, please see the JAC’s < a href="https://apply.judicialappointments.digital /vacancies">future vacancies page
\n For any queries regarding the recruitment campaign/sel ection exercise please contact the JAC selection e xercise team DJUTTCC339@judicialappointments .gov.uk . Alternatively\, if you’d like to sig n up for alerts for this exercise please click her e. 

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For any queries regarding the pre-application seminar please email Judicial HROutreachEvents@judiciary.uk  

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< u>Please note that although the Judicial O ffice will be running the pre-application seminar\ , the actual recruitment campaign is being done an d led by the Judicial Appointments Commission.

DESCRIPTION:The Judicial Appointments Commission (https://judi cialappointments.gov.uk/) (JAC) will be launching a selection exercise in July to recruit 5 Upper Tr ibunal Tax and Chancery Deputy Judges.\n \n \n \n The seminar\n \n \n \n The Judicial Office (https: //www.judiciary.uk/about-the-judiciary/training-su pport/judicial-office/) is organising a pre-applic ation seminar that will take place online via Micr osoft Teams on Wednesday 20th May 2026 (5.30-6.30p m).\n \n \n \n The seminar aims to help applicants be better prepared to make an application and to receive up-to-date guidance and advice on the JAC’ s selection process. As well as the JAC\, you will also hear from the Chamber President\, Mr Justice Nicholas Thompsell and two serving deputy judges.  \n \n \n \n Who should attend?\n \n \n \n Applica tions are invited from candidates with at least 7 years’ post qualification legal experience and at least 4 years’ experience in either tax or financi al services. Applications are particularly welcome from under-represented groups (women\, ethnic min ority candidates\, disabled candidates).\n \n \n \ n The Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribun al exercises appellate and judicial review functio ns in relation to tax matters. The majority of thi s work is in deciding appeals on points of law fro m the First-tier Tribunal (Tax Chamber). It also d eals with several first instance jurisdictions\, p rincipally financial services regulation\, where i t hears references against decisions of the Financ ial Conduct Authority and the Pensions Regulator.\ n \n \n \n For information on the work of the Tax and Chancery Chamber of the Upper Tribunal please click here (https://www.judiciary.uk/courts-and-tr ibunals/tribunals/upper-tribunal/upper-tribunal-ta x-and-chancery-chamber/the-work-of-the-tax-and-cha ncery-chamber/).\n \n \n \n Further information\n \n \n \n For further information on the exercise\, please see the JAC’s future vacancies page (https ://apply.judicialappointments.digital/vacancies)\n \n For any queries regarding the recruitment camp aign/selection exercise please contact the JAC sel ection exercise team DJUTTCC339@judicialappointmen ts.gov.uk (mailto:DJUTTCC339@judicialappointments. gov.uk) . Alternatively\, if you’d like to sign up for alerts for this exercise please click here (h ttps://judiciary.us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=5 48a65311463275f5dd9a2447&id=1e9cab70ec). \n \n \n \n For any queries regarding the pre-application s eminar please email JudicialHROutreachEvents@judic iary.uk   (mailto:JudicialHROutreachEvents@judicia ry.uk)\n \n \n \n Please note that although the Ju dicial Office will be running the pre-application seminar\, the actual recruitment campaign is being done and led by the Judicial Appointments Commiss ion.\n CATEGORIES:Legal Seminar CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T173000 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260520T183000 LOCATION:United Kingdom\n URL:https://www.judicialcareers.judiciary.uk/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=211 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR