DE v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and AE (CSM): [2018] UKUT 128 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 9 April 2018.

Read the full decision in CCS/3813/2016.

Judicial Summary

The First-tier Tribunal’s inquisitorial function does not justify treating a respondent as a de facto appellant, nor does it permit the tribunal both to introduce and pursue a new issue in a manner akin to a party to the proceedings.

Published 27 April 2018