The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008

Expenses

20.—(1) The Tribunal must pay travelling expenses actually and reasonably incurred by, and a subsistence allowance at the prescribed rate to—

(a) an appellant attending a hearing or an examination under rule 24 (medical examinations);

(b) a relative or friend attending a hearing on behalf of an appellant who is unable to attend the hearing for reasons of health; or

(c) an appellant’s attendant, if the appellant attending a hearing or an examination under rule 24 (medical examinations) requires for reasons of health to be accompanied by an attendant.

(2) The Tribunal may pay to a person mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) such allowance as the Tribunal considers reasonable for compensation for loss of time, if—

(a) the appeal was successful or there were reasonable grounds for the appeal; and

(b) the allowance does not exceed the prescribed maximum.

(3) The Tribunal may pay to an appellant such allowance as the Tribunal considers reasonable in respect of the expenses incurred in securing the attendance of a medical witness at a hearing or the provision of a medical report or certificate or other medical document for the case, if—

(a) the Tribunal considers that the attendance of such witness or provision of such document was reasonably necessary; and

(b) the allowance does not exceed the prescribed maximum.

(4) In this rule “prescribed” in relation to an amount or a rate means the amount or rate determined by the Lord Chancellor from time to time.