Adam Sampson Explained

Adam Sampson (born 13 June 1960) was previously the Chief Ombudsman of the Legal Ombudsman, the free service that investigates complaints about lawyers in England and Wales.^[1] He took up the post on 1 July 2009: prior to this he was the chief executive of the charity Shelter^[2] for seven years.

He was dismissed in November 2014 after ‘irregularities’ were found with his expenses claims.^{[3] [4]}

As of 2012 he was the chair of the charity FareShare,^[5] a Commissioner on the UK Drug Policy Commission^[6] and non-executive chairman of C4H,^[7] a community interest housing company.

As of 2021, he was the CEO of the charity St Elizabeth's Centre.

Personal life

He is married with two children.

Notes and References

1. News: Head of Shelter quits to helm consumer watchdog. The Guardian. Clare Horton. 2 March 2009. 2012-04-05.
2. Web site: Adam Sampson to move on. Shelter. 3 March 2009. 2012-04-05.
3. Web site: Chief legal ombudsman quits after accounts probe.
4. Web site: Sampson was sacked – he didn’t resign, says MoJ chief . 2022-12-14 . Law Gazette . en.
5. http://www.fareshare.org.uk/?page_id=761{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
6. Web site: Adam Sampson: Office for Legal Complaints . 2012-04-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120421043359/http://www.legalservicesboard.org.uk/about_us/office_for_legal_complaints/adam_sampson.htm . 2012-04-21 .
7. Web site: Adam Sampson – Non Executive Chairman. 2012-04-05. 2009. Catalyst for Homes CIC.