The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

    2. 2.Overriding objective and parties' obligation to co-operate with the Upper Tribunal

    3. 3.Alternative dispute resolution and arbitration

  3. PART 2 General powers and provisions

    1. 4.Delegation to staff

    2. 5.Case management powers

    3. 6.Procedure for applying for and giving directions

    4. 7.Failure to comply with rules etc.

    5. 8.Striking out a party's case

    6. 9.Addition, substitution and removal of parties

    7. 10.Orders for costs

    8. 11.Representatives

    9. 12.Calculating time

    10. 13.Sending and delivery of documents

    11. 14.Use of documents and information

    12. 15.Evidence and submissions

    13. 16.Summoning or citation of witnesses and orders to answer questions or produce documents

    14. 17.Withdrawal

    15. 17A.Appeal treated as abandoned or finally determined in an asylum case or an immigration case

    16. 18.Notice of funding of legal services

    17. 19.Confidentiality in child support or child trust fund cases

    18. 20.Power to pay expenses and allowances

    19. 20A.Procedure for applying for a stay of a decision pending an appeal

  4. PART 3 Procedure for cases in the Upper Tribunal

    1. 21.Application to the Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal

    2. 22.Decision in relation to permission to appeal

    3. 23.Notice of appeal

    4. 24.Response to the notice of appeal

    5. 25.Appellant's reply

    6. 26.References under the Forfeiture Act 1982

    7. 26A.Cases transferred or referred to the Upper Tribunal, applications made directly to the Upper Tribunal and proceedings without notice to a respondent

  5. PART 4 Judicial review proceedings in the Upper Tribunal

    1. 27.Application of this Part to judicial review proceedings transferred to the Upper Tribunal

    2. 28.Applications for permission to bring judicial review proceedings

    3. 29.Acknowledgment of service

    4. 30.Decision on permission or summary dismissal, and reconsideration of permission or summary dismissal at a hearing

    5. 31.Responses

    6. 32.Applicant seeking to rely on additional grounds

    7. 33.Right to make representations

  6. PART 5 Hearings

    1. 34.Decision with or without a hearing

    2. 35.Entitlement to attend a hearing

    3. 36.Notice of hearings

    4. 36A.Special time limits for hearing an appeal in a fast-track case

    5. 37.Public and private hearings

    6. 38.Hearings in a party's absence

  7. PART 6 Decisions

    1. 39.Consent orders

    2. 40.Decisions

    3. 40A.Special procedure for providing notice of a decision relating to an asylum case

  8. PART 7 Correcting, setting aside, reviewing and appealing decisions of the Upper Tribunal

    1. 41.Interpretation

    2. 42.Clerical mistakes and accidental slips or omissions

    3. 43.Setting aside a decision which disposes of proceedings

    4. 44.Application for permission to appeal

    5. 45.Upper Tribunal's consideration of application for permission to appeal

    6. 46.Review of a decision

    7. 47.Review of a decision in proceedings under the Forfeiture Act 1982

  9. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE1

      Procedure after the notice of appeal in appeals against decisions of traffic commissioners

      1. 1.This Schedule applies to an appeal against the decision of...

      2. 2.The only parties to the appeal are the appellant and...

      3. 3.On receipt of a copy of a notice of appeal...

      4. 4.On receipt of a list under paragraph 3(d) the Upper...

      5. 5.The appropriate national authority and any person to whom the...

      6. 6.An application under paragraph 5 must be sent or delivered...

      7. 7.If a person specified in paragraph 8 makes an application...

      8. 8.The persons specified for the purposes of paragraph 7 are—...

      9. 9.The Upper Tribunal must notify each other party of any...

      10. 10.Any party may make a request to the Upper Tribunal...

      11. 11.On receiving a request under paragraph 10 the Upper Tribunal—...

    2. SCHEDULE2

      Additional procedure in national security certificate cases

      1. 1.This Schedule applies only to national security certificate appeals.

      2. 2.Following the transfer of the appeal from the First-tier Tribunal,...

      3. 3.The relevant Minister must send or deliver to the Upper...

      4. 4.In an appeal under section 28(4) of the Data Protection...

      5. 5.In an appeal under section 28(6) of the Data Protection...

      6. 6.The Upper Tribunal must— (a) subject to paragraph 11, provide...

      7. 7.On grounds of the need to ensure that information is...

      8. 8.A notice under paragraph 7 must— (a) state the reason...

      9. 9.Before the Upper Tribunal gives a direction, issues a summons...

      10. 10.When deciding whether to uphold an objection made by the...

      11. 11.Where the relevant Minister may object to the disclosure of...

  11. Explanatory Note