In 2014 the Commission appointed a panel of Queen's Counsel to sit as 'Senior Decision Makers' and determine the outcome of the Commission's major enforcement cases which were previously heard by a 'Commissioner Decision Committee' comprising three Commissioners. A Senior Decision Maker will sit and hear cases involving serious findings against a licensee and or individual Directors where those findings are contested.
The President of the Commission's panel of Senior Decision Makers is Mr Michael Blair QC and the Panel comprises five other leading Queen's Counsel currently:
