ABSTRACT

The Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 also revises the procedural rules for tribunals. Historically tribunals had their own procedural rules which were usually drafted by the Lord Chancellor or Secretary of State in consultation with the Council on Tribunals. The procedural rules concerned such matters as the right to know that an application to a tribunal is possible and the right to a hearing and the process that the hearing may adopt. Legal representation was possible and after the hearing some tribunals had to provide reasons for the decisions taken. Many of the rules were governed by the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992.