Latest news
01 July 2009
Consultation launched on changes to Upper Tribunal Rules
Tribunals Procedure Committee (TPC), which is responsible for the First-tier and Upper Tribunal rules, has launched a new consultation today inviting stakeholders’ views on proposed changes to rules which apply to the Upper Tribunal.
- Consultation launched on changes to Upper Tribunal rules
(Adobe PDF file size 9kb) - Full consultation pack
(Adobe PDF file size 1.21mb) - Consultation Questions
(Word file size 46kb)
5 June 2009
Vacancy for: Chairman of Competition Appeal Tribunal
The Competition Appeal Tribunal seeks an additional Chairman to hear appeal, judicial review and damages cases involving competition and telecommunications law.
- Number of Vacancies: 1
- Location: London
- Salary: £600 per day
- Reference: 00422
Closing date for applications: 2 July 2009
Please visit the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) website for more information http://www.judicialappointments.gov.uk/current/2093.htm
2 June 2009
Lands Tribunal replaced by specialist chamber within two-tier tribunal structure
The Lands Tribunal was officially abolished today (1 June) and its appeal jurisdictions transferred into a new specialist chamber in the Upper Tribunal. The Chamber President is George Bartlett QC, head of the former Lands Tribunal.
View the full TS Press Notice
(Adobe PDF file size 29kb)
19 May 2009
Enforcement of Employment Tribunal Awards in England & Wales
In 2008 the Ministry of Justice commissioned independent research to assess the proportion of Employment Tribunal awards that were honoured, and to assess and understand the factors that may have an impact on the likelihood of a claimant not being paid their award by the employer.
The research report has been published today and is available on the Ministry of Justice website.
11 May 2009
The consultation response paper on the closure of Telford hearing centre is published.
The public consultation exercise on the proposed closure of Telford hearing centre ended on 8 February. A total of ten responses to the proposal were received. The Tribunals Service has published a paper outlining its response to the points raised by the participants in the consultation and its final plans for the future of the hearing centre.
View the full TS response paper
(Adobe PDF file size 87kb)
8 May 2009
Asylum and immigration appeals to transfer into new two-tier structure
The Government has today announced that the work of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) will transfer into the unified tribunals structure. The move was confirmed in the government’s response to the consultation ‘Immigration appeals, fair decisions; faster justice’.
The current AIT will be replaced by specialist asylum and immigration chambers in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals. Justice Minister Bridget Prentice welcomed today’s announcement, stating that: “The move is designed to ensure that we have a quicker, more streamlined efficient and effective process, with clear access to justice for those people who wish to make appeals."
The transfer of the AIT fits in with the wider reforms designed to simplify, improve and speed up the appeals process across the tribunal system. These include the establishment of the Tribunals Service and the creation of the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal as a unified overarching two-tier structure.
- View the full TS Press Notice
(Adobe PDF file size 10kb) - View the Government’s consultation response document
(Adobe PDF file size 224kb)
23 April 2009
Business Plan for 2009-10 Published
Kevin Sadler highlights the Tribunals Service's priorities for the coming year.
News Release
(Adobe PDF file size 15kb)
Business Plan 2009 - 10
(Adobe PDF file size 553kb)
06 April 2009
Employment Tribunals - New Dispute Resolution Framework
Today the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004 have been repealed and replaced by a new framework based on the provisions of the Employment Act 2008. The new regime provides the framework for a simplified system and should make things easier for potential tribunal users.
The Employment Tribunal website provides further information and guidance for Employment Tribunal users
Employment Tribunal
http://www.employmenttribunals.gov.uk
02 April 2009
New Tax Appeals Chambers launched
Taxpayers appealing against the decisions made by Her Majesty's Revenue and
Customs (HMRC) will now be taking their disputes to the brand new two–tier tribunal system.
New tax appeals tribunals launched
(Adobe PDF file size 32kb)
01 April 2009
First Tier Tax Chamber and Upper Tribunal Finance and Tax Chamber Go Live today
The new first tier chamber brings together four previously separate tax tribunals:
- General Commissioners of Income Tax (CGIT)
- VAT and Duties Tribunal
- Special Commissioners of Income Tax Tribunal
- Section 704/706 Tribunal
Tax reform also creates a right of appeal to the Upper Tribunal where the new Finance and Tax Chamber has been set up to sit alongside the existing Administrative Appeals Chamber.
You can find more information by using the following links
- First Tier
http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/tax/ - Upper Tier
http://www.tribunals.gov.uk/financeandtax/

