A draft Order has been published to amend the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order SI 08/2835. The changes to the order include:
A draft Order has been published to amend the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order SI 08/2835. The changes to the order include:
inserting a definition of practice area;
providing that panel composition in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal is set by way of a practice direction by the Senior President of Tribunals as: one, two or three (for First-tier Tribunal), and two or three members ( for Upper Tribunal); and
the Senior President of Tribunals has to have regard to the nature of the matter that falls to be decided and the means by which it is to be determined and the need for tribunal members to have particular expertise, skills or knowledge, and omit the need to have regard to historic panel composition.
A draft Order has been published to amend the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order SI 08/2835. The changes to the order include:
A draft Order has been published to amend the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order SI 08/2835. The changes to the order include:
inserting a definition of practice area;
providing that panel composition in the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal is set by way of a practice direction by the Senior President of Tribunals as: one, two or three (for First-tier Tribunal), and two or three members ( for Upper Tribunal); and
the Senior President of Tribunals has to have regard to the nature of the matter that falls to be decided and the means by which it is to be determined and the need for tribunal members to have particular expertise, skills or knowledge, and omit the need to have regard to historic panel composition.
