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Contents

Explanatory note

Preamble etc

PART 1: Introduction

1. Citation, commencement, application and interpretation

2. Overriding objective and parties’ obligation to co-operate with the Upper Tribunal

3. Alternative dispute resolution and arbitration

PART 2: General powers and provisions

4. Delegation to staff

5. Case management powers

6. Procedure for applying for and giving directions

7. Failure to comply with rules etc.

8. Striking out a party’s case

9. Substitution and addition of parties

10. Orders for costs

11. Representatives

12. Calculating time

13. Sending and delivery of documents

14. Use of documents and information

15. Evidence and submissions

16. Summoning or citation of witnesses and orders to answer questions or produce documents

17. Withdrawal

18. Notice of funding of legal services

19. Confidentiality in child support or child trust fund cases

20. Power to pay expenses and allowances

PART 3: [Procedure for cases in] the Upper Tribunal

21. Application to the Upper Tribunal for permission to appeal

22. Decision in relation to permission to appeal

23. Notice of appeal

24. Response to the notice of appeal

25. Appellant’s reply

26. References under the Forfeiture Act 1982

26A. Cases transferred or referred to the Upper Tribunal, applications made directly to the Upper Tribunal and proceedings without notice to a respondent

PART 4: Judicial review proceedings in the Upper Tribunal

27. Application of this Part to judicial review proceedings transferred to the Upper Tribunal

28. Applications for permission to bring judicial review proceedings

29. Acknowledgment of service

30. Decision on permission or summary dismissal, and reconsideration of permission or summary dismissal at a hearing

31. Responses

32. Applicant seeking to rely on additional grounds

33. Right to make representations

PART 5: Hearings'

34. Decision with or without a hearing

35. Entitlement to attend a hearing

36. Notice of hearings

37. Public and private hearings

38. Hearings in a party’s absence

PART 6: Decisions

39. Consent orders

40. Decisions

PART 7: Correcting, setting aside, reviewing and appealing decisions of the Upper Tribunal

41. Interpretation

42. Clerical mistakes and accidental slips or omissions

43. Setting aside a decision which disposes of proceedings

44. Application for permission to appeal

45. Upper Tribunal’s consideration of application for permission to appeal

46. Review of a decision

47. Review of a decision in proceedings under the Forfeiture Act 1982

Amendments