RT v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2019] UKUT 207 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Poynter on 1 July 2019.

Read the full decision in CPIP/1271/2018.

Judicial Summary

“Tribunal procedure and practice (including Upper tribunal)—Fair hearing—Vulnerable Adults—Practice Statement; First Tier and Upper Tribunal – Child, Vulnerable Adult and Sensitive Witnesses—whether definition of “vulnerable adult” is ambulatory.

Tribunal procedure and practice (including Upper tribunal)—Fair hearing—Vulnerable Adults—Practice Statement; First Tier and Upper Tribunal – Child, Vulnerable Adult and Sensitive Witnesses—Discussion of the obligations of the Social Entitlement Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, and of representatives, in appeals involving vulnerable adults.

Decision selected for reporting as [2020] AACR 4

Published 6 August 2019