Gillian has successfully conducted a number of long - running and complex service charge cases in
the First tier tribunal (Property chamber) and County Court on behalf of freeholders and management companies, and dealing with breach of covenant counter-claims and points of law as to consultation requirements and the construction of leases.
The couple's legal battle against the bedroom tax began in 2014 when a judge at
a first tier tribunal ruled that the policy was in breach of their human rights.
The government's lawyers are due to lay out their argument in more detail tomorrow but at an initial hearing earlier this month, they claimed that
a first tier tribunal only has the power to identify that legislation is incompatible with the Human Rights Act - not to rule on a case on that basis.
If the government is successful, it could prevent people from relying on the Human Rights Act to appeal against benefits decisions at
the first tier tribunal, a route commonly used by many families to change decisions.
Months after the defeat, however, the DWP is now arguing that
the first tier tribunal didn't have the right to rule on human rights grounds in the first place.
The government has now appealed against the decision, meaning that the case will be heard at
the First Tier tribunal.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) used the case of Jayson and Charlotte Carmichael, who successfully challenged the bedroom tax at the Supreme Court, to prevent other people from relying on the Human Rights Act when appealing against benefits decisions at
the first tier tribunal.
Several months later, the DWP went back to court to argue that
the first tier tribunal only had the power to identify that legislation is incompatible with the Human Rights Act - not to rule on a case on that basis.
Not exact matches
Her decision was later overturned by a judge at a
first -
tier immigration
tribunal — who was happy with the documents provided by the couple and satisfied the wedding was «properly executed».
He said: «Miss Constance Briscoe, a recorder and fee - paid
tribunal judge of the
first -
tier health, education and social care chamber, has been removed from judicial office without further investigation by the lord chancellor and the lord chief justice following her conviction and sentence for perverting the course of justice.
The opinion of Lord Nicholls was that Farley was able to appeal against the jurisdiction point to an appeal
tribunal (now
First -
tier Tribunal).
Decisions of employment
tribunals along with the Employment Appeal Tribunal, the
First -
tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal will be registrable in the Register of Judgments, Orders and Fines once filed for enforcement with the High Court or a county court.
A tenant may apply for an order reducing or extinguishing their liability to pay a particular administration charge in respect of litigation costs (ie costs incurred, or to be incurred in connection with proceedings before the court in question or, if the application is made after the proceedings are concluded, before the county court; the
first tier or upper
tribunal; or within arbitration proceedings or, after conclusion, the county court).
He has also dealt with a variety of regulatory matters in the
First - and Upper -
Tier tribunals.
Navaz has extensive experience in all areas of Immigration and Nationality law regularly representing clients in the
First -
tier and Upper
Tribunals and on appeal to the Court of Appeal.
Notes which go into the file in the
first -
tier tribunal and the employment
tribunals, in view of the fact that no audio recording of the proceedings takes place there, are likely to be highly vulnerable to disclosure.»
Daniel has experience of representing clients both at the
First Tier and Upper
Tribunals in matters brought both within and outside the Immigration Rules and on Human Rights grounds.
Increases in fees, for instance, in the
First Tier Immigration and Asylum
Tribunal are being pushed through against a justification that the
tribunal users should contribute to an increased share in the running of the
tribunal.
George not only listens to his clients attentively in the office, but he is also a seasoned solicitor - advocate and appears at the
First -
tier and Upper
Tribunals in Liverpool, Manchester, Stoke and Bradford respectively, representing his clients.
We're regularly named in the UK's leading legal directories as a top
tier firm for education / SEN law and our individual lawyers are leading experts in the field with a solid track record of successful challenges in both
first tier and upper
tribunals.
In dismissing A's appeal against the Home Secretary's refusal to revoke the deportation order, the
First -
tier tribunal noted that the proceedings were anonymised, thus reducing the risk of A's identification.
As the leading experts in this area we have a solid track record of successful challenges in both
first tier and upper
tribunals.
Two new
tribunals launched this week, the
First -
tier and Upper Tribunal, in what Senior President Lord Justice Carnwath describes as the «most radical change in 50 years».
Secondly, the Supreme Court should recognize that the implications of Lord Carnwath's comments resound far beyond the confines of the
First Tier and Upper
Tribunals.
He appears regularly in the Chancery and Queen's Bench Divisions of the High Court, the County Court, and before more specialised
tribunals such as the
First Tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
He is recommended as a leading junior in Data Protection in Chambers UK and Legal 500, and appears regularly in the
First -
tier and Upper
Tribunals, acting on behalf of private clients, public authorities and the Information Commissioner.
From 3 November 2008 there will be a
First Tier — the first instance tribunal for most jurisdictions — and an Upper Tribunal which will deal with appeals from the first - tier tribunal and from some tribunals outside the unified system, and with judicial review work delegated from the High C
First Tier — the first instance tribunal for most jurisdictions — and an Upper Tribunal which will deal with appeals from the first - tier tribunal and from some tribunals outside the unified system, and with judicial review work delegated from the High Co
Tier — the
first instance tribunal for most jurisdictions — and an Upper Tribunal which will deal with appeals from the first - tier tribunal and from some tribunals outside the unified system, and with judicial review work delegated from the High C
first instance
tribunal for most jurisdictions — and an Upper
Tribunal which will deal with appeals from the
first - tier tribunal and from some tribunals outside the unified system, and with judicial review work delegated from the High C
first -
tier tribunal and from some tribunals outside the unified system, and with judicial review work delegated from the High Co
tier tribunal and from some
tribunals outside the unified system, and with judicial review work delegated from the High Court.
Mr Justice McCloskey, president of the Upper
Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) upheld the
First -
Tier tribunal judge's decision, in Alubankudi (appearance of bias)[2015] UKUT 542 (IAC).
Bedale Golf Club Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 99 (TCC)[2014] BVC 512 Concerning the award of wasted costs in the
First -
Tier tax
tribunal
Bedale Golf Club Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] UKUT 99 (TCC)[2014] BVC 512 Concerning the award of costs in the
First -
Tier tax
tribunal
Sally has appeared in the county court, the
first tier and upper
tribunals, the High Court and the Court of Appeal and will appear for the
first time in the Supreme Court in February 2018.