PART 2General powers and provisions
F1Coronavirus temporary rule (decisions without a hearing)5A.
(1)
Notwithstanding anything in rule 34 (decision with or without a hearing), the Upper Tribunal may make a decision which disposes of proceedings without a hearing if the Upper Tribunal considers that the conditions in paragraph (2) are satisfied.
(2)
The conditions are—
(a)
the matter is urgent;
(b)
it is not reasonably practicable for there to be a hearing (including a hearing where the proceedings would be conducted wholly or partly as video proceedings or audio proceedings); and
(c)
it is in the interests of justice to do so.
(3)
This rule does not prejudice any power of the Upper Tribunal to make a decision which disposes of proceedings without a hearing other than under this rule.