Ken London, the Board Chairman, is a magistrate member from the East Kent Bench. He was appointed a magistrate in 1982 to the former Folkestone and Hythe Bench and served as Deputy Bench Chairman of the subsequent Channel Bench and then the East Kent Bench. He is a school governor, serves on two charity trusts, is a magistrate member of the Kent Police Authority and serves on a Local Authority Remuneration Panel. Ken retired many years ago from a career in Civil Engineering and has since served twelve years in a second career in insurance litigation with a City law firm.

Dennis Clarke is a solicitor member of the Kent Courts Board. He has been involved in assisting people with litigation in the county since 1972. He has been involved in civil cases, family cases and now, mainly, criminal cases. His practice was the first in Kent to qualify to carry out serious fraud work on legal aid. He mainly deals with very large cases at all levels of the courts system, up to and including the House of Lords. He also deals with Judicial Reviews and petitions to the European Court of Human Rights. He is a committee member of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association and a co-opted member of the Kent Law Society GPC for his experience of legal aid matters, criminal matters and in technology. His firm also deals with family law and civil law matters, mainly on legal aid.

Bruce Edgington is a solicitor with the Higher Court Rights of Audience qualification. He was a partner in an Essex firm for 30 years specialising in public and private law cases involving children, and personal injury claims, being on the Law Society’s panels for both areas of work. In 2005, he sold his firm and is now a consultant to his wife’s firm, Stantons in Gravesend, where he has also lived for some years. He continues as an advocate in courts in Essex and Kent. He is a President of the Residential Property Tribunal Service and a Deputy District Judge (civil). He is a member of the Family Justice Council for Essex and the Family Procedure Rule Committee.

Linda Mortley BSc (Hons) started her career in Kent public service as a police officer, serving in a variety of roles throughout the county. After a career break to raise her children, she undertook a range of engagements in the Youth Services and Education Welfare sectors and served as a Local Authority nominated school governor. Resuming full time employment as a Local Authority manager in West Kent, she became focused on partnership development to achieve the development and application of policies on community planning, community development, regeneration, and community safety. On leaving full-time employment, Linda has maintained her knowledge and understanding of a broad range of voluntary and community organizations.

Elaine Pilkington is a community member of the Board and has been a Kent resident for over 20 years. Following a career in project management within local government, she founded a health and safety consultancy, working closely with Kent businesses and government agencies. Elaine was appointed Safety Manager for the largest Local Authority in the South East in 2006. A former school governor, Elaine has been involved in many community initiatives in her home area of Dartford area, including school fund raising activities, lottery grant applications for local enterprises and amateur dramatic events.

Tony Pomeroy is a magistrate member of the Board. He was appointed a magistrate in 1984 on the former Canterbury Bench and is now on the East Kent Bench. For some years he was a member of the Bench Training and Development Committee dealing with appraisals. He sits on Employment Tribunals and on the Independent Schools Admission Panel. He was a former member of the Kent Probation Board, the Social Security and Child Support Appeals Panels, Board of Visitors of Canterbury Prison and Consumer Council for Water. He is a school governor and for some years an advisor at the local Citizen Advice Bureau. He retired from a career as a pharmaceutical research chemist.