SB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2020] UKUT 198 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Markus, QC on 11 June 2020.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published
9 July 2020
Categories:
Tribunal procedure and practice
Sub-categories:
Tribunal procedure and practice - fair hearing and Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal practice
Judges:
Markus, K
Decision date:
11 June 2020

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Judicial Summary

鈥�1. 皇冠体育app tribunal should have adjourned in order to obtain clarification whether a person appearing for the Appellant was the appointee (as claimed) or to give the Appellant an opportunity to authorise her to represent her. It was unfair to proceed with the hearing in circumstances where the putative appointee/representative was not permitted to participate fully. 2. (Obiter) 皇冠体育app tribunal administration did not have power to reject an application for permission to appeal on grounds of lateness or lack of a statement of reasons. 皇冠体育app application should have been put before a judge.鈥�

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Published 9 July 2020