Independent adjudicators
Updated 30 January 2024
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The independent adjudicators investigate complaints about delay, discourtesy, mistakes and the way these complaints have been handled by us.
The adjudicators will also review written appeals against the levying of late filing penalties, although as Parliament has specified what the Registrar of Companies can do, discretion is very limited. The adjudicators are not part of Companies House and remain totally impartial.
Dame Elizabeth Neville, DBE, QPM, DL, MA Oxon, PhD London
Dame Elizabeth Neville is a former Chief Constable of Wiltshire Police. She is an experienced adjudicator, having carried out this role for the Assets Recovery Agency (no longer in existence), the Agencies of the Department for Transport, the Pensions Regulator and the Financial Conduct Authority.
She continues to exercise this function for The Central Bank of Ireland and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and the Independent Appeals Body for The Phone Paid Services Authority (the regulator of premium rate services).
Brian Stanton
Brian Stanton is a qualified solicitor, director of Innovo Law, and former deputy director at the Government Legal Department. He has extensive experience of investigative and inquiry work, including at the Serious Fraud Office and several high-profile public inquiries.
Deirdre Domingo
Deirdre Domingo is a qualified solicitor and director of Innovo Law. She is a former UK government lawyer, and specialises in independent investigations and reviews, public inquiries, and inquests. She has been admitted to the New York Bar and has a Master of Laws in International Law.
Kieran Seale
Kieran Seale is an independent consultant specialising in investigations, governance, and strategy. He has worked in local government, the NHS, Transport for London, and the private sector.
He was a board secretary in the NHS and company secretary of the international consultancy Steer. He then became a director and company secretary of Verita, a specialist consultancy working on investigations in the NHS and charities.
He was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 2003, but does not practise as a barrister.
Tom Ketteley
Tom Ketteley is a qualified solicitor with expertise in public law. He is appointed as a fee-paid judge of the First-tier Tribunal, assigned to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber. He has a range of adjudication experience including as a legally qualified chair on police misconduct panels and as an independent person for the City of London Corporation.
Tom holds a postgraduate degree in International Law and Human Rights. OUTstanding have recognised him as an LGBT+ leader.