General conduct of hearings
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35.—(1) In accordance with rule 4 (general power to regulate procedure) and the overriding objective, a tribunal shall conduct each hearing in the manner it considers fair. The following rules do not restrict that general power.
(2) The tribunal—
(a)is not bound by any rule of law relating to the admissibility of evidence in proceedings before the courts; and
(b)may itself question the parties or any witnesses so far as appropriate in order to clarify the issues or elicit the evidence.