Tribunal procedure and practice-Tribunal practice – Withdrawal of appeals – Circumstances in which a direction under rule 17(3)(b) of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008 may be given
Tribunal procedure and practice-Tribunal practice – Circumstances in which a judge or tribunal member is excluded from sitting following an adjournment – SW v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA) [2019] UKUT 415 (AAC), R(U) 3/88, JH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and MH [2016] UKUT 158 (AAC), Midland Container Logistics Ltd [2020] UKUT 5 (AAC) and GO and HO v Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (SEN) [2015] UKUT 184 (AAC) discussed.
Tribunal procedure and practice-Fair hearing-First-tier Tribunal’s duty to be, and appear, impartial-Proper approach where fraud is a possibility-Undesirability of creating a perception that the First-tier Tribunal is hostile to one of the parties before it.
[2021] UKUT 172 (AAC)
Bailii
England and Wales
Updated: 12 August 2021; Ref: scu.666417