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The First-tier Tribunal is a first-instance general tribunal in the United Kingdom. It was created in 2008 as part of a programme, enacted in the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 , to rationalise the tribunal system, and has since taken on the functions of 20 previously existing tribunals.
The First-tier Tribunal did not err in concluding that the individual was socially and culturally integrated in the UK as this is a fact sensitive judgement. Where the public interest requested the deportation of a foreign criminal a full proportionality assessment was required to weigh any interference with their rights to family and private ...
Scotland has upper and first-tier tribunals, which mirror the UK-wide system (though their remits differ). The Upper Tribunal for Scotland acts as an appeal tribunal equivalent to the Outer House, whilst the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland hears cases at first instance or on appeal from local authorities.
Immigration tribunals can make findings of fact and are not bound by a Home Office decision in determining whether Article 4 of the ECHR would be breached. The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings requirements can form part of the positive obligations owed by the State under Article 4 of the European ...
Jones (by Caldwell) v First Tier Tribunal and Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority [2013] UKSC 19 17 April 2013 Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority: Barts and the London NHS Trust v Verma [2013] UKSC 20 24 April 2013 Labour law: Uprichard v Scottish Ministers [2013] UKSC 21 24 April 2013 Planning law: Salvesen v Riddell [2013] UKSC 22
Chamber/Tribunal presidents can be selected from the ranks of existing High Court Judges (in the case of the Upper Tribunal jurisdictions) or through open competitions run by the Judicial Appointments Commission in the case of the Employment Tribunals and the Chambers of the First-tier Tribunal. [19]
The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009
Haines's request for his mental health tribunal to be fully open to the public was first made in 2009 but was turned down twice by the First-tier Tribunal.The justification for the refusal included claims that: Haines's primary intention was to air 'subjective grievances'; his evidence would not be 'objectively sensible'; he would be more difficult to control; the public would not be ...