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16.—(1) On its own initiative or on the application of a party, the First-tier Tribunal may give directions to the parties relating to the conduct or progress of the application.
(2) Directions may be given orally or in writing and must be intimated to every party.
(3) Directions of the First-tier Tribunal may, in particular—
(a)relate to any matter concerning the preparation for a hearing;
(b)set time limits for something to be done;
(c)vary any time limit given in a previous direction;
(d)provide for—
(i)a matter to be dealt with as a preliminary issue;
(ii)a party to provide further details of that party’s case, or other information or document which appears to be necessary, in the opinion of the First-tier Tribunal, for the determination of the application;
(iii)witnesses to be heard; and
(iv)the manner in which evidence is to be given; and
(e)require a party to lodge and serve—
(i)a statement of evidence to be put forward at the hearing;
(ii)a paginated and indexed bundle of all the documents to be relied on by that party at the hearing;
(iii)a skeleton argument which summarises the submissions to be made at the hearing and cites all the authorities to be relied on, clearly identifying any particular passages to be relied on; and
(iv)a list of witnesses the party wishes to call to give evidence.
(4) When making directions the First-tier Tribunal must take into account the ability of parties to comply with the directions.
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I1Sch. para. 16 in force at 1.12.2017, see reg. 1(2)
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