Tribunals
Links to Tribunals
- Mental Health Review Tribunal (hears applications and references concerning people detained under the Mental Health Act)
- Social Security and Child Support Appeals (SSCSA) Tribunal (hears appeals from social security decisions)
- Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Panel
- The General Commissioners of Income Tax were replaced on 1 April 2009 by the Tax Chamber of the First–Tier Tribunal established under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
- Immigration and Asylum Tribunal
- Special Immigration Appeals Commission (hears appeals from decisions of the Home Secretary to remove a person from the country where the decision is taken on the grounds of national security or international relations, or involves sensitive information)
- Employment Tribunals (employer-employee disputes)
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service
- The front page of the website lists the ‘chambers’ (or tribunals for different subject matters in the First-tier and Upper Tribunals).
- The publications section includes links to the Annual Reports and the Strategic and Business Plans; good resources for checking the progress of the implementation of changes to the administration of tribunals: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=hm-courts-and-tribunals-service.
- The Ministry of Justice is the government department with responsibility for courts and tribunals.