The First-tier Tribunal’s initiative of including summary reasons on decision notices is commended.
But consistency between summary reasons and those in any subsequent statement of reasons is required. Otherwise, the reasons will be inadequate.
A Tribunal gave inadequate reasons, amounting to an error of law, because its decision notice said it placed ‘particular reliance’ on a medical report that its subsequent statement of reasons rejected.
Mitchell UTJ
[2014] UKUT 482 (AAC)
Bailii
England and Wales
Benefits
Updated: 23 December 2021; Ref: scu.539091