PART 3CONSTITUTION OF APPEAL PANELS

Disqualification for membership of an appeal panel – individual appeals20

1

Without prejudice to regulation 19, a person shall be disqualified for membership of an appeal panel in relation to its determination of any individual appeal if that person (or, in the case of a solicitor, that person’s firm) has at any time advised or prepared a report in respect of—

a

the appellant;

b

any other person who is (or is liable to be) a party to the relevant proceedings; or

c

any other person who is liable to be called as a witness in those proceedings.

2

Where the subject-matter of an appeal relates to proceedings (or proposed proceedings) which are to challenge a decision of an appeal panel made under these Regulations, a person who was a member of that panel shall be disqualified for membership of any panel which may be convened to determine an appeal brought in relation to an application for funding in respect of those proceedings (or proposed proceedings).