Tribunal Practice

Author: Philip Coppel QC; Saima Hanif
Publisher: LexisNexis U.K.
ISBN: 9781846612169
Published In: December 2012
Format: Hardback
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A major new practitioner’ text on the practice and procedure of the administrative tribunal system.

It is the most authoritative and comprehensive work on this topic, and takes into account important changes to the tribunal system including the expansion of the General Regulatory Chamber, the revision of the tribunal procedural rules, and the Supreme Court decisions in R (Cart) v Upper Tribunal and Eba v Advocate General for Scotland, together with a raft of more recent decisions which provide helpful guidance on the scope and extent of the power of the new tribunals.

The book contains:

The text of all the major statutes and statutory instruments in a consolidated form, which govern the procedure before the Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal
A step-by-step guide covering every practice issue that might arise before a Tribunal, from how to initiate an appeal, to seeking a witness summons. Each step is referenced to the relevant tribunal procedural rules, practice statement, practice direction and other material such as case law
Detailed commentary from leading practitioners in the field, drawing on their extensive experience of tribunal and public law work
All major Practice Directions and Practice Statements
Academic articles and journal references where appropriate

It is an affordable but authoritative one-stop-shop for all practitioners, tribunal members and judges within the tribunal system, combining expert analysis with access to the latest version of the core materials.

Part 1 – Narrative

Chapter 1: The new system of administrative appeals tribunals
Chapter 2: Organisation of the new system of administrative tribunals
Chapter 3: Jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal
Chapter 4: Jurisdiction of the Upper Tribunal
Chapter 5: General Matters
Chapter 6: Initiating an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal
Chapter 7: Responding to an appeal in the First-tier Tribunal
Chapter 8: The process
Chapter 9: The hearing
Chapter 10: Evidence
Chapter 11: The decision
Chapter 12: Challenging decisions of the First-tier Tribunal
Chapter 13: Appeals to the Upper Tribunal
Chapter 14: Judicial Review Proceedings in the Upper Tribunal
Chapter 15: Challenging the decisions of the Upper Tribunal
Chapter 16: Costs
Chapter 17: Representation
Chapter 18: Enforcement

Part 2 – Statutes

Full text of the Tribunal, Court and Enforcement Act 2007 in consolidated form

Part 3 – Statutory Instruments

All relevant SIs appear in consolidated form

Part 4 – Practice Directions

Part 5 – Practice Statements

Part 6 – Forms

A table setting out all forms and their uses, broken down by Chamber

Philip Coppel QC

A leading public law barrister. He is well-known for having foreshadowed the importance of freedom of information with his authoritative Information Rights. For over 20 years he has appeared in a variety of merit-review tribunals, representing private individuals, companies, public bodies and Central Government alike.

Saima Hanif

Saima has a wealth of experience in public law matters and regularly appears before the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. She is widely published (examples include Phipson on Evidence and Information Rights), and is a recommended junior in both Legal 500 (“extremely user friendly, fast, efficient and extremely bright”, Legal 500, 2011) and Chambers and Partners.