Keith Kennaugh v (1) Information Commissioner (2) First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber): [2026] UKUT 344 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Stout on 04 September 2026.
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Judicial Summary
With regard to practice and procedure in the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) (the GRC), the Upper Tribunal holds that:
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Prior to the coming into force of the Senior President of Tribunals’ Practice Direction: Use of Forms in the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) (dated 24 October 2025) there was no requirement in The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009 (SI 2009/1976) (the GRC Rules) for a party to use the GRC’s standard forms for commencing proceedings or making applications within the proceedings. The position since 24 October 2025 is governed by the Practice Direction.
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Rule 22(2)(a) of the GRC Rules requires a party to provide their ordinary residential address when commencing proceedings in the GRC. Where a party fails to comply with that requirement, the First-tier Tribunal may exercise its powers under rule 7(2), which include waiving the requirement, requiring compliance or striking out a party’s case.
In these cases, the First-tier Tribunal had not materially erred in law when it: (a) allowed two of the appellant’s cases to proceed notwithstanding his refusal to use the standard forms, but stipulated that in future cases he must use the standard forms; or, (b) made a direction under rule 8 that his appeal would be struck out if he failed to provide his residential address.