Ms Judith Way JP BSc Solicitor

Biography

Judith was in private practice as a solicitor in the healthcare field for many years before embarking on a career in professional regulation. She chairs and sits on panels and committees at several professional regulatory bodies both within and outside the healthcare sector presently including the General Medical Council, the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. She also chairs Continuing Healthcare Appeals for the NHS.

She has been a General Medical Council Performance Assessor since 2003 and was appointed to the team training Performance Assessors in 2012. She was a member of the Assessment Advisory Board and the Professional Linguistic and Assessment Board at the General Medical Council for many years.

Judith has been a Magistrate in London since 1991 and is a Presiding Justice in adult criminal and family courts. She has been Vice Chairman of the Merton Bench and Chairman of the Family Panel. She was a Magistrate appraiser for 12 years and a member of the Bench Training and Development Committee. She has recently been appointed to the Lord Chancellor’s Recruitment Committee.

She is married with three adult sons.

Committee membership

• Disciplinary Committee

Declaration of interests