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CB v Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust: [2026] UKUT 138 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Johnston on 31 March 2026.

Read the full decision in UA-2025-001122-HM.

Judicial Summary

The First-tier Tribunal made an error of law in refusing to adjourn and not following the decision of the Upper Tribunal in SS v Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust [2023] UKUT 258 (AAC). They also erred in law by not allowing the appellant’s representative to make final submissions after the decision not to adjourn was made.