Listed tribunals
A new statutory structure for certain statutory tribunals was created by Part I of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. It provides a unified structure for tribunals and recognised legally qualified members of tribunals as members of the judiciary.An Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council has been set up to keep under review, and report on, the constitution and working of the listed tribunals (the tribunals under its supervision), in general and individually.
The following tiers have been created:
Chambers in the First Tier:
Social Entitlement
General Regulatory
Health, Education and Social Care
Taxation
Land, Property and Housing
Upper Tribunal Chambers:
Administrative Appeals
Lands
Finance and Tax
A Tribunals Procedure Committee has been
established to make and amend rules governing the
practice and procedure in the First-tier Tribunal
and Upper Tribunal.
The Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal
Tribunal will be separate from the First Tier and
Upper Tribunal, although there will be close
links between them.
The Upper Tribunal will be a Superior Court of Record that can deal with appeals and judicial reviews.
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