Margaret Obi appointed as House of Lords Commissioner for Standards

Margaret Obi has been appointed as House of Lords commissioner for standards for five years.

Margaret qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and was a Deputy High Court Judge between 2018 and 2024. In 2023 she was appointed as the first Service Police Complaints Commissioner.

Margaret’s current judicial and quasi-judicial roles include Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber and Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the British Indian Ocean Territory and Chairman of the Competition Appeals Tribunal.

She is also Deputy Chair of the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the Financial Conduct Authority and Member of the Determinations Panel of the Pensions Regulator.

Her other work includes advising defence teams in relation to investigations undertaken by the Serious Fraud Office and the National Crime Agency, allegations of war crimes in the International Criminal Court, and disputes between states in the International Court of Justice.

Margaret is the author of two practitioner textbooks on prison law: Prison Law: A Practical Guide (2008) and Blackstone’s Prison Law Handbook (2013)