Tribunal leaflets

Here you will find a number of direct links to the Tribunal Service's short guides and explanatory notes. Each tribunal offers individual guidelines to the service that they provide as well as other useful information specific to the tribunal.

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Adjudicator to HM Land Registry

Applications to the Land Registry where there is a dispute between the people involved and no agreement has been reached. The Registrar must refer these cases to us.

Asylum & Immigration

The general process is mapped out in this easy to follow flowchart.

Asylum Support Tribunal

This leaflet provides a guide on how to prepare for a hearing with the Asylum Support Tribunal.

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Care Standards Tribunal

This booklet explains the appeals process and procedures of the Care Standards Tribunal. It is primarily aimed at individuals and organisations that wish to appeal to the Tribunal. The Tribunal deals with a variety of appeals against decisions made by various regulatory bodies.

Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel

Enabling victims of crimes of violence to have their appeals decided sensitively, fairly and independently in accordance with the scheme.

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Employment Tribunals

Please read this booklet if you are considering making a claim to an Employment Tribunal. It gives information about what you must do before you make a claim, and gives guidance on filling in the form and sending it to a tribunal office.

Employment Appeal Tribunal

This booklet explains how to enforce the Employment Tribunal judgment and how you can challenge the judgment either by applying for a review or appealing to the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

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Finance & Tax Tribunal

FTT comprises VAT and Duties Tribunals; Special Commissioners, Financial Service and Markets Tribunals; Pension Regulator Tribunal and the Claims Management Services Tribunal. All the guidance and explanatory notes are listed below:

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Gambling

This Explanatory Leaflet is intended to provide helpful information to the layman. It is not a substitute for the Acts or the Rules and has no legal force. If you are unsure of your position or your options, you should seek professional legal advice.

Gender Recognition Panel

The purpose of this guidance is to help potential applicants to make informed decisions about whether they wish to apply for gender recognition.

General Commissioners of Income Tax

The general appeal process has been mapped in this easy to follow flowchart.

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Immigration Services Tribunal

The Immigration Services Tribunal is an independent judicial body set up to provide a forum in which appeals against decisions of the Immigration Services Commissioner and complaints made by the Immigration Services Commissioner can be heard and determined. The cases exclusively concern people providing advice and representation services in connection with immigration matters.

Information Tribunal

Actions that the Tribunal decides should take place in order to progress the appeal, they also provide a timetable by which time each action must have been done.

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Lands Tribunal Explanatory Leaflet

The Lands Tribunal is an independent judicial body set up in 1949 to resolve disputes concerning land. The Tribunal has jurisdiction under many different Acts of Parliament.

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Mental Health Review Tribunal

This link will take you to the MHRT resource page where you will find a number of guidance topics.

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Pensions Appeal Tribunal

These notes tell you what happens when you make an Appeal to the Pensions Appeal Tribunals, what happens when the Tribunal hears your case and what steps you can take if you have any problems about your Appeal.

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Social Security and Child Support Appeals

This guide aims to explain the relevant rules in plain language. More guidance and information can be found on the Social Security and Child Support Appeals website.

Social Security, Child Support and Pensions Appeal Commissioners

This leaflet is to help both members of the public and advisors. It describes what steps you need to take to appeal to a Commissioner from a decision given by a Social Security and Child Support Appeals tribunal or a Pensions Appeal tribunal once you have asked the tribunal chairman for leave (permission) to appeal.

Special Educational Needs & Disability Tribunal

This leaflet is designed to help you prepare your case for your tribunal hearing. It gives some general guidelines that will help you write your case statement and gather the evidence you need to support your appeal. It should also help you prepare for your hearing.

Special Immigration Appeals Commission

These guidance notes are to assist you with completing the Appeal Form if you have been given a Home Office letter giving the decision and you want to appeal against the decision.

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Transport Tribunal Explanatory Leaflet

This explanatory leaflet is intended to provide helpful information to the layman. It is not a substitute for the Acts or the Rules and has no legal force. If you are unsure of your position or your options, you should seek professional legal advice.

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