PART 2General powers and provisions
Case management powers5
1
Subject to the provisions of the 2007 Act and any other enactment, the Tribunal may regulate its own procedure.
2
The Tribunal may give a direction in relation to the conduct or disposal of proceedings at any time, including a direction amending, suspending or setting aside an earlier direction.
3
In particular, and without restricting the general powers in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Tribunal may by direction—
a
extend or shorten the time for complying with any rule, practice direction or direction, unless such extension or shortening would conflict with a provision of another enactment setting down a time limit;
b
consolidate or hear together two or more sets of proceedings or parts of proceedings raising common issues, or treat a case as a lead case (whether in accordance with rule 18 (lead cases) or otherwise);
c
permit or require a party to amend a document;
d
permit or require a party or another person to provide documents, information or submissions to the Tribunal or a party;
e
deal with an issue in the proceedings as a preliminary issue;
f
hold a hearing to consider any matter, including a case management hearing;
g
decide the form of any hearing;
h
adjourn or postpone a hearing;
i
require a party to produce a bundle for a hearing;
j
stay (or, in Scotland, sist) proceedings;
k
transfer proceedings to another tribunal if that other tribunal has jurisdiction in relation to the proceedings and, because of a change of circumstances since the proceedings were started—
i
the Tribunal no longer has jurisdiction in relation to the proceedings; or
ii
the Tribunal considers that the other tribunal is a more appropriate forum for the determination of the case;
l
suspend the effect of its own decision pending the determination by the Tribunal or the Upper Tribunal, as the case may be, of an application for permission to appeal, a review or an appeal.