Regulation

Health, Education and Social Care Chamber tribunal rules

Procedure rules for how tribunal cases are handled in the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber.

• From: Tribunal Procedure Committee
• Published: 1 September 2014
• Last updated: 4 September 2025
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  1. 4 September 2025

     Rules updated.

  2. 9 May 2024

     Rules updated.

  3. 6 February 2023

     Rules updated.

  4. 19 August 2022

     Rules updated.

  5. 14 October 2020

     Rules updated.

  6. 16 December 2019

     First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules: consolidated version published.

  7. 21 August 2015

     Document swapped for latest version

  8. 1 September 2014

     First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) Rules: consolidated version

Ref: SI 2008 No 2699 (L 16)

PDF, 372 KB, 26 pages

Details

Includes rules on how to appeal, how hearings are conducted, and how the tribunal reaches decisions.

The rules are used in the following types of case:

• mental health
• special educational needs and disability
• care standards
• primary health lists

These unofficial consolidated version of the rules, in effect from 1 May 2024, include changes made to the original rules since 2008.