Statutory Instruments (SIs) for the First–tier and Upper Tribunals are provided below. Full SIs are available at the Office of Public Sector Information website.
Rules Including Amendments
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Consolidated Asylum and Immigration (Procedure) Rules 2005 for First-tier Tribunal
(Adobe PDF file size 126kb)
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Consolidated Asylum and Immigration (Fast-track Procedure) Rules 2005 for First-tier Tribunal (Adobe PDF file size 46kb)
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The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009 – version in force from 18th January 2010, showing amendments made by S.I. 2010/43 (Adobe PDF file size 252kb)
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The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 – version in force from 18th January 2010, showing amendments made by S.I. 2010/43 (Adobe PDF file size 293kb)
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Tribunal Procedure (First–tier Tribunal)(Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008 – SI 2685/2008 showing amendments made by S.I 2009/274 and S.I. 2009/1975 (Adobe PDF file size 309kb)
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The Tribunal Procedure (First–tier Tribunal)(Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules 2008 – SI 2699/2008 showing amendments made by S.I 2009/1974 (Adobe PDF file size 346kb)
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The Tribunal Procedure (First–tier Tribunal)(War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008 – SI 2686/2008 showing amendments made by S.I 2009/1975 (Adobe PDF file size 146kb)
Original Rules
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The Tribunal Procedure (First–tier Tribunal) (Health, Education and Social Care Chambers) Rules 2008 – SI 2699/2008
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The Tribunal Procedure (First–tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008 – SI 2685/2008
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The Tribunal Procedure (First–tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008 – S.I. 2686/2008
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The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Tax Chamber) Rules 2009 – SI 273/2009
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The Tribunal Procedure (First tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 – SI 1976/2009
Rule Amendments
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 – SI 274
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2009 – SI 1975/2009
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment no 2) Rules 2010
Upper Tribunal Rules
Statutory instruments (SIs) for the Upper Tribunal are provided below. Full SIs are available at the Office of Public Sector Information website
Rules Including Amendments
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The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 - SI 2698/2008 showing amendments made by S.I. 2009/274, S.I. 2009/1975, S.I. 2010/43 and 2010/44 (Adobe PDF file size 328kb)
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Land Tribunal Rules 1996 (as amended)
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Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Fees Order 2009 – (SI 2009 No.1114)
Original Rules
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The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 – SI 2698/2008
Rule Amendments
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2009 – SI 274
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2009 – SI 1975/2009
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2010
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The Tribunal Procedure (Amendment no 2) Rules 2010
Practice Directions Made by the Senior President of Tribunals
These Practice Directions have been made by the Senior President with the agreement of the Lord Chancellor.
First-tier and Upper Tribunal
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Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal and The Upper Tribunal (Adobe PDF file size 87kb)
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Use of the Welsh language in Tribunals in Wales (Adobe PDF file size 31kb)
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Defnyddio'r Gymraeg Mewn Tribiwnlysoedd yng Nghymru (Adobe PDF file size 34kb)
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Child, Vulnerable Adult and Sensative Witnesess (Adobe PDF file size 30kb)
Upper Tribunal
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Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Interim Practice Directions and Guidance (Adobe PDF file size 143kb)
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Transcripts of Proceedings (Adobe PDF file size 29kb)
First-tier Tribunal
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Social Entitlement Chamber Asylum Support Cases (Adobe PDF file size 28kb)
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Asylum Support Notice of Appeal Form
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Health, Education and Social Care Chamber Mental Health Cases (Adobe PDF file size 80kb)
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Health, Education and Social Care Chamber Special Educational Needs and Disability in Schools Cases (Adobe PDF file size 47kb)
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Categorisation of cases in the Tax Chamber (Adobe PDF file size 44kb)
Transfer of Judicial Review
NOTE: This direction has been made by the Lord Chief Justice.
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Classes of cases specified under section 18(6)of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Adobe PDF file size 41kb)
NOTE: This Direction has been made by the Lord President
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Act of Sederunt (Transfer of Judicial Review Applications from the Court of Session) 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 36kb)
Practice Statements Made by the Senior President of Tribunals
First-tier and Upper Tribunal
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Practice Statement of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier and Upper Tribunal on or after 15 February 2010 (Adobe PDF file size 65kb)
Delegation of Functions to Staff
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Delegation of functions to staff on or after 3 November 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 41kb)
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In relation to the Tax Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal and the Finance and Tax Chamber of the Upper Tribunal, on or after 1 April 2009 (Adobe PDF file size 37kb)
Composition of Tribunals
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Lands Chamber of the Upper Tribunal on or after 1 June 2009 (Adobe PDF file size 43kb)
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Asylum Support cases in the Social Entitlement Chamber on or after 3 November 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 36kb)
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Criminal Injury Compensation cases in the Social Entitlement Chamber on or after 3 November 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 37kb)
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Health, Education and Social Care Chamber on or after 18 January 2010 (Adobe PDF file size 55kb)
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Social Security and Child Support cases in the Social Entitlement Chamber on or after 3 November 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 44kb)
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Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal on or after 18 January 2010 (Adobe PDF file size 3.2mb)
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War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber on or after 3 November 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 37kb)
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Tax Chamber Of The First–Tier Tribunal and The Tax and Chancery Chamber of The Upper Tribunal, on or after 1 September 2009 (Adobe PDF file size 52kb)
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General Regulatory Chamber on or after 1 September 2009 (Adobe PDF file size 39kb)
Record of Proceedings
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Record of proceedings in Social Security and Child Support cases in the Social Entitlement Chamber on or after 3 November 2008 (Adobe PDF file size 36kb)
Form of Decisions and Neutral Citations
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Form of Decisions and Neutral Citation (Adobe PDF file size 32kb)
Transfer of Functions Orders
Original Legislation
The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 allows the Lord Chancellor, by Order, to transfer functions of a scheduled tribunal to the First-tier and Upper Tribunals. Orders for tribunals that have been transferred are listed below.
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The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 SI 2833/2008
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The Transfer of Functions of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunal Order 2009 SI No. 1835
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The Transfer of Functions (Estate Agents Appeals and Additional Scheduled Tribunal) Order 2009 SI No. 1836
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The Transfer of Functions (Transport Tribunal and Appeal Panel) Order 2009 SI No. 1885
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The Transfer of Functions of the Charity Tribunal Order 2009 SI No. 1834
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The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 SI No. 1307
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The Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010 SI No. 21
- The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2010 SI No. 22
Amending Legislation
Other Secondary Legislation
Original Legislation
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The First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010 SI No. 42
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The Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010 SI No. 41
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The First-tier Tribunal (Gambling) Fees Order 2010
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The Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010
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The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Commencement No 6 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008 SI 2696/2008
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The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2008 SI 2683/2008
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The First–tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) Order 2008 SI 2684/2008
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The Appeals (Excluded Decisions) Order 2008 SI 2707/2008 (this legislation has now been revoked)
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The Qualifications for Appointment of Members to the First–tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal Order 2008 SI 2692/2008
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The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (Transitional Judicial Pensions Provisions) Regulations 2008
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The Appeals from the Upper Tribunal to the Court of Appeal Order 2008 SI 2834/2008
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The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Composition of Tribunal) Order 2008 SI 2835/2008
- The Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) Fees Order 2009 SI No. 1114
Amending Legislation
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The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers)(Amendment) Order 2010 SI No. 40
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The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment) Order 2009 SI No. 196
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The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2009 SI No. 1021
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The First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal (Chambers) (Amendment No. 3) Order 2009 SI No. 1590
- The Appeals (Excluded Decisions) Order 2009
PDF version We consider appeals against a decision made by the Secretary of State to restrict or bar an individual from working with children or vulnerable adults and decisions to cancel, vary or refuse registration of certain health, childcare and social care provision.
You can appeal to us if you:
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Have received a decision you do not agree with about your registration as:
- A child minder or other child care provider
- A care home provider or manager
- A children’s home provider or manager
- An independent healthcare provider or manager
- The provider of an agency that delivers personal or nursing care in someone’s home
- The provider of an agency that delivers fostering or adoption services
- A social worker or social care worker.
- Have been barred from teaching or otherwise working with children by the Secretary of State for Education and Skills * Please see note
- Have been barred from working with vulnerable adults by the Secretary of State for Health*
* Please note that the arrangements for barring an individual from working with children or vulnerable adults has changed . A new body – the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) has taken over such decisions from the Secretary of State, although there are still a few decisions that the Secretary of State has to finalise.
All appeals against a decision of the ISA will be considered by the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal, not the FTT – Care Standards. You can download the appropriate appeal application form and guidance from this website see Forms and Guidance page.
The First–tier Tribunal (Mental Health) hears applications and references for people detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 (as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007). Our Tribunal judiciary and members are appointed by the Lord Chancellor. Our jurisdiction covers the whole of England. There are two Regional Tribunal Judges, currently based in London and Preston. There is a separate Mental Health Tribunal for Wales, which is administered and based in Cardiff and a separate Mental Health Review Tribunal for Scotland.
Scotland & Wales contact details
Scotland Office
Cardiff Office
Our Tribunal Judges and members are supported by an administrative team based in Leicester, known as the Secretariat.
Please see the new organisational chart below for the Secretariat.
Secretariat organisational chart 
(71kb)
From 3rd November the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal ceased to exist as a stand-alone body and became part of a new two-tier Tribunal structure; the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal. The two new Tribunals consist of chambers that group together jurisdictions dealing with similar work or requiring similar skills.
The existing judges and non-legal members of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal all transferred into the new two-tier system and continue their vital work in much the same way as they did before. Special Educational Needs and Disability now sits in the Health, Education and Social Care (HESC) Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal. Appeals against the panel's decisions now go to the Upper Tribunal instead of to the High Court.
Parents whose children have special educational needs can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) against decisions made by Local Education Authorities in England about their children's education.
The applications forms and guidance can be found by visiting the Parents area.
Appeals registered under the old Rules
Any case that was registered before the 3rd November will proceed through the First-tier Tribunal process under the Regulations that applied to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SEND). These appeals can be easily identified as they will have been given an Appeal Reference Number lower than 08-03261.
The only exception will be for a small number of cases that were pre-registered before the 3rd November with a letter requesting further information being issued to the applicant. In these cases, if all of the required information was received on or after 3rd November, the appeal will proceed under the relevant First-tier Tribunal Rules.
The Rules for the First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) will apply to any application to review or appeal decisions after a final tribunal decision has been made if the decision was issued after 3rd November irrespective of when the hearing took place. This means that these provisions will apply to any case that is proceeding under the old regulations.
Anyone wishing to make an appeal against a decision made by the Tribunal (either SEND or First-Tier) on or after November 3rd will need to follow the relevant First-tier Tribunal Rules and appeal to the Upper Tribunal.
If you cannot find what you need, or would like to give us feedback on the site, please contact us.
Social Entitlement Chamber
Health, Education and Social Care Chamber
War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber
The General Regulatory Chamber
- Charity
- Claims Management Services
- Consumer Credit
- Estate Agents
- Gambling Appeals
- Immigration Services
- Information Rights
- Local Government Standards in England; and
- Transport
Immigration and Asylum Chamber
Details of Upper Tribunal Chambers are as follows:
Upper Tribunal
Back to case law summaries. Click on the decision number to view the full decision.
- court decisions
- armed forces compensation schemes/war pensions
- attendance allowance
- child benefit
- compensation recovery
- disability living allowance
- employment and support allowance
- general
- home responsibilities protection
- housing benefit and council tax benefit
- incapacity benefit
- income support
- industrial injuries disablement benefit
- jobseeker's allowance
- pension credit
- pensions
- severe disablement allowance
- tax credits
Past attendance allowance, disability living allowance and incapacity benefit summaries of decisions can also be found in our other digests of decisions.
The following is a list of the databases that BAILII holds arranged by jurisdiction and type of material: case law, legislation and other material. You can search each database by keyword or browse each database by date or A-Z title list. Click on the database link to access the search screen.
To access material that is not on BAILII, see the World Law service.
Scope:
- BAILII databases contain British and Irish case law, legislation and other materials (e.g. Law Commission Reports), and European case law.
- Most of the databases contain predominantly recent material, but the coverage varies and both old and new content is being added on an ongoing basis.
Refer to the database listings below to view the current scope of coverage for each database.
Jonathan Djanogly (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (HM Courts Service and Legal Aid), Justice; Huntingdon, Conservative)
I am announcing today the launch of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service as an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. It brings together Her Majesty's Courts Service and the Tribunals Service into one integrated agency providing support to the judiciary in the administration of justice in courts and tribunals.
The agency is responsible for the administration of the criminal, civil and family courts and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It provides for a fair, efficient and effective justice system delivered by an independent judiciary.
I believe that operating as a single organisation will provide the platform to improve accessibility, drive up quality and provide a better environment for service users. Integration will enable those who need to use the agency's services to do so in a simple and straightforward way, using a single point of access. Bringing corporate functions together will remove duplication in management functions and enable efficiencies which do not impact on front line services. Integration will also enable more efficient use of the combined estate, using facilities flexibly across jurisdictions.
Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service uniquely operates on the basis of a partnership between the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice and the Senior President of Tribunals as set out in Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Framework Document. I have laid this document before Parliament today.
The Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) deals with disputes about:
It also deals with disputes about:
Our aim is to help you through your appeal and explain to you, step-by-step, the procedure of an appeal.
You can get a copy of the leaflets about our appeals procedure from any Tribunals Service Office listed on our 'contact us' page, or by telephoning our Customer Leaflet Hotline on 08700 852611. If you have hearing difficulties you can telephone Typetalk on 18001 08700 852611. Calls are charged at national rate.
http://www.appeals-service.gov.uk/