News releases

06 April 2010

Next landmark reached as three more tribunals join new system

The next landmark for the streamlined, unified system for tribunals will be reached today as three more tribunals join the two-tier system.

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29 March 2010

Extra resources announced for Employment Tribunals

Nearly 350 new panel members are to be appointed to sit on Employment Tribunals across Great Britain following a major recruitment drive by the Tribunals Service.

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12 March 2010

Tribunals Service publishes 2010/11 business plan

The 2010-11 business plan, published today, sets out a number of priorities for the year ahead

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15 February 2010

Immigration Tribunal joins new tribunal structure

The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) moves into the new two-tier Tribunals Service structure

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18 January 2010

Tribunal reform enters final phase

The Tribunals Service’s programme of reform continues with the transfer of six more jurisdictions into the unified structure.

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Bridget Prentice opens new tribunal office

Justice Minister Bridget Prentice unveiled the new East London Tribunals Service hearing centre on Thursday 14 January.

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03 November 2009

Tribunals Service to pilot evening sessions in Employment Tribunals

Today (2 November) marks the start of a new six month initiative which will see some Employment Tribunal claims being heard during early evening sessions.

During the pilot scheme some of the more straight–forward hearings will take place just outside normal 'business hours', from around 6 to 8pm, for between one and two evenings a week.

Claims which need to be heard before a judge but do not require a tribunal panel or a full day's hearing, for example wages claims, will be scheduled for the early evening slots. The arrangement for hearing more complex tribunal cases during the day will continue as before.

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07 October 2009

Scottish Employment Tribunal President appointed

The Lord President of the Court of Session has appointed Mrs Shona Simon as President of Employment Tribunals (Scotland)

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01 September 2009

Charity, Estate Agents Appeals and Consumer Credit Appeals tribunals abolished as reformation continues at full speed.

Tribunals Service Chief Executive Kevin Sadler said: “Getting the GRC up and running is the next step in a long, complex and ambitious programme of reform for the Tribunals Service.”

Webpages on this site have been updated to reflect the introduction of the General Regulatory Chamber. New information is available for those jurisdictions that moved into the GRC on 1 September (Charity; Consumer Credit; Estate Agents and Transport). Please see the new GRC page for links to these updated pages.

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16 July 2009

Tribunals Service defies increasing workload to improve productivity

Latest performance figures show that productivity and efficiency levels continue to improve – despite a backdrop of unexpected and increasing workloads across many jurisdictions.

Tribunals Service publishes 08/09 Annual Report (Adobe PDF file size 4mb)

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)

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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, which sits within the two-tier structure formed as part of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act (2007).

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8 May 2009

Asylum and immigration appeals to transfer into new two-tier structure
Justice Minister Bridget Prentice welcomed today's announcement that the work of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal will transfer into the two-tier tribunal structure.

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Questions and Answers (Adobe PDF file size 53kb)

02 April 2009

New tax appeals tribunals launched Taxpayers appealing against the decisions made by Her Majesty s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will now be taking their disputes to a brand new two-tier tribunal system.

New tax appeals tribunals launched (Adobe PDF file size 32kb)

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19 March 2009

Number of equal pay cases increases ten-fold over five years

Figures released by the Tribunals Service today show there has been a significant increase in the number of equal pay claims going to Employment Tribunals.

News release (Adobe PDF file size 13kb)
Employment Tribunal and EAT Statistics (GB) – 1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 30kb)

13 February 2009

Consultation begins on the Tribunals Service General Regulatory Chamber

The Tribunal Procedure Committee has today commenced consultation on draft procedure rules for the proposed General Regulatory Chamber (GRC) of the First-tier Tribunal.

The GRC is expected to commence in September 2009, subject to parliamentary approval, and the following tribunal jurisdictions will transfer into it: Charity; Information; Consumer Credit Appeals; Estate Agents Appeals Panel; Gambling Appeals; Claims Management; Immigration Services and some functions of the Transport Tribunal. The transfers are scheduled to take place between September 2009 and January 2010.