The Pubs Code Adjudicator, Fiona Dickie  

The role of the Pubs Code Adjudicator

The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is responsible for enforcing compliance with the statutory Pubs Code. 

The PCA has powers to arbitrate individual disputes about breaches of the Pubs Code, investigate suspected breaches of the Code, provide advice and guidance about the Code, and report on unfair business practices. 

About Fiona Dickie  

Fiona Dickie is the Pubs Code Adjudicator. She served as the Deputy Pubs Code Adjudicator from November 2017 before being appointed Pubs Code Adjudicator from May 2020 for a four-year term. Fiona was reappointed to the role for a further three-year term running until May 2027. 

Previously, Fiona was a Vice President of the Valuation Tribunal for England from 2009 until 2020 and is a Judge of First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber), having been appointed in 2013 (after serving as a Lawyer Chair of its predecessor tribunal from 2006). She was also appointed as Road User Charging Adjudicator in 2004. Fiona has been a mediator in civil disputes since 2005 and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2018.

The Pubs Code Adjudicator is supported in her role by a team with an office based in Birmingham.