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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 UK-wide First-tier Tribunal exercises many similar functions to the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, although the two are entirely separate.. Decisions made by UK Government bodies are only by heard by the UK-wide FTT, for instance benefits awarded by the Department for Work and Pensions, [12] whilst decisions made by Scottish Government bodies are only heard by the FtTfS.
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.
The Act established the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland and the Upper Tribunal for Scotland, replacing a number of separate tribunals. [2] It provides for the First-tier Tribunal to be organised into a number of chambers, according to subject-matter and other relevant factors. [3] It also created the role of President of the Scottish Tribunals ...
Martin Rosenbaum, a journalist and freedom of information campaigner, took the House of Lords Appointments Commission (Holac) to a first-tier tribunal in order to reveal who had written letters of ...
From the Upper Tribunal, there is a right of appeal to the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, Court of Appeal of Northern Ireland, or Court of Session if in Scotland. [15] Together, the First-Tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal may be known as the 'two-tier system'. [16]
The first chambers within the First-tier Tribunal were planned to start sitting on 3 November 2008. [8] The act replaces the Council on Tribunals with an Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and creates the office of Senior President of Tribunals, to be appointed by the Queen on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor. (s.2/ Sch.1). [13]
Prior to an overhaul of the tribunal system in 2008, its functions were carried out by the Mental Health Review Tribunal, which was a standalone body. In 2008 the Mental Health Review Tribunal was formally abolished as a standalone body and merged with the Health and Social Care Chamber of the newly established First-tier Tribunal (FTT).