The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber) Rules 2008 No. 2686 (L. 14)

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 Introduction

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

   2. 2. Overriding objective and parties' obligation to co-operate with the Tribunal

   3. 3. Alternative dispute resolution and arbitration

3. PART 2 General powers and provisions

   1. 4. Delegation to staff

   2. 5. Case management powers

   3. 5A. Coronavirus temporary rule (decisions without a hearing)

   4. 6. Procedure for applying for and giving directions

   5. 7. Failure to comply with rules etc.

   6. 8. Striking out a party's case

   7. 9. Substitution and addition of parties

   8. 10. No power to award costs

   9. 11. Representatives

   10. 12. Calculating time

   11. 13. Sending and delivery of documents

   12. 14. Use of documents and information

   13. 15. Evidence and submissions

   14. 16. Summoning of witnesses and orders to answer questions or produce documents

   15. 17. Withdrawal

   16. 18. Lead cases

   17. 19. Transfer of cases

   18. 20. Expenses

4. PART 3 Proceedings before the Tribunal

   1. CHAPTER 1 Before the hearing

      1. 21. Notice of appeal

      2. 22. Lapse of cases

      3. 23. Responses and replies

      4. 24. Medical examinations and commissioning of medical evidence etc.

   2. CHAPTER 2 Hearings

      1. 25. Decision with or without a hearing

      2. 26. Entitlement to attend a hearing

      3. 27. Notice of hearings

      4. 28. Public and private hearings

      5. 28A. Coronavirus temporary rule (recording of remote hearings)

      6. 29. Hearings in a party's absence

   3. CHAPTER 3 Decisions

      1. 30. Consent orders

      2. 31. Notice of decisions

      3. 32. Reasons for decisions

5. PART 4 Correcting, setting aside, reviewing and appealing Tribunal decisions

   1. 33. Interpretation

   2. 34. Clerical mistakes and accidental slips or omissions

   3. 35. Setting aside a decision which disposes of proceedings

   4. 36. Application for permission to appeal

   5. 37. Tribunal's consideration of application for permission to appeal

   6. 38. Review of a decision

   7. 39. Power to treat an application as a different type of application

6. Signature

7. Explanatory Note