Who We Are

Tom Birch Reynardson is a solicitor based in London specialising in maritime law and international arbitration. In 2007 he set up Birch Reynardson & Co and he continues to be managing partner of that firm. In 2015 he was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and started the Getting Court Project. As High Sheriff he also became much involved with Aspire, Oxford. Tom is also a trustee of the CMI Charitable Trust which supports education in the international maritime law sector.

Laleh Dubash has an MA from Magdalene College, Cambridge and an LL.M from King’s College, London. She was a solicitor at a City law firm for a number of years. She has been a trustee of charities in the UK, US and India and chair of the St Paul’s Girls’ School Parents’ Guild. Laleh has been an educational advisor and uses her personal experience to support parents of children with special and additional needs. She is currently a governor of Hammersmith Academy.

HHJ Ian Pringle KC was born in Scotland and attended Edinburgh Academy before going up to St. Catharine’s College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar in 1979 and was a barrister until 2012. He took silk in 2003, was appointed a Circuit Judge in 2012, and has been Resident Judge since 2014.

Sally Scott is currently High Sheriff of Oxfordshire (2023-24). Sally is a graduate of Manchester University where she read English and American literature. She spent most of her career working as a marketing and communications consultant, and was a director of Charles Barker plc. She retired in 2001 after the company was successfully sold to a larger American company which allowed her to focus on her other interests. She became vice-chair of Shenington Church of England Primary School and is currently an active supporter of various charities, with a focus on social mobility and offender rehabilitation.

Cheryl West has 20 years’ experience of working with vulnerable young people in Oxfordshire. She has worked at the Pupil Referral Unit, youth lead centres, and is presently running the alternative provisions unit at the Bicester School.