BV v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2018] UKUT 444 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Poynter on 21 December 2018
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Judicial Summary
When the FTT lacks information that it needs to decide an application for postponement, it should normally ask for that information. The test under r.31(b) of the SEC Procedure Rules is whether it is in the interest of justice for to proceed with a hearing in the absence of a party, not whether there is sufficient evidence to enable it to do so.
Published 7 February 2019