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Your Family Services v The Pensions Regulator

The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction because the statutory conditions for appeal under section 44 of the Pensions Act 2008 were not met; no review was conducted by the Regulator within the prescribed period, and presumptions of service apply to notices sent to the business address.

  • Fixed penalty notice
  • Escalating penalty notice
  • Tribunal jurisdiction
  • Review process
  • Appeal rights
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Administrative law

XY v Disclosure And Barring Service

The Upper Tribunal refused to strike out an appeal, holding that the DBS’s notified decision letter conveyed a substantive review outcome and therefore engaged jurisdiction.

  • Jurisdiction
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Notification of decisions
  • Appeal rights
  • Safeguarding vulnerable groups act
  • Statutory-interpretation
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Administrative law

Aman Jemal v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

Mr Jemal failed three standards check tests and did not satisfy the Tribunal that the Registrar’s decision to remove him from the Register was wrong. The Tribunal cannot consider the fairness of the tests, and the bereavement was not raised in initial representations or appeal.

  • Removal from professional register
  • Driving instructor standards
  • Appeal rights
  • Regulatory compliance
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Administrative law

Abrar Khan v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The First-tier Tribunal struck out Abrar Khan’s appeal against refusal of a third trainee driving instructor licence after he failed Part 3 three times and did not respond to directions.

  • Driving instructor licensing
  • Trainee licence refusal
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Appeal rights
  • Driving-instructor-licensing
  • Tribunal-strike-out
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Health law

Safe and Efficient Care Limited v Care Quality Commission

The Tribunal refused to extend time for an appeal against CQC cancellation of registration, finding the application was not received in time and no exceptional circumstances justified relief.

  • Statutory time limits
  • Appeal rights
  • Registration cancellation
  • Statutory-time-limits
  • Appeal-rights
  • Cqc-registration
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Tax law

Jonathan Batten v The Commissioners for HMRC

Permission to bring a late appeal was granted because, for the amendments to the partnership returns, the appellant had a good reason for the delay: HMRC’s correspondence reasonably led him to believe he had no right of appeal. For the discovery assessment and penalty, although there was no good reason for the delay, the incremental prejudice to HMRC was small and it would be unjust to refuse permission for 2019-20 when the same factual dispute would be litigated for earlier years. The three-stage Martland test was applied, following Medpro and Pawar, and the balancing exercise favored granti…

  • Late appeal
  • Partnership tax returns
  • Discovery assessment
  • Appeal rights
  • Bankruptcy proceedings
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Administrative law

Nauman Ahmed Rafique v Registrar of Approved Driving Instructors

The appellant had already benefited from two trainee licences and additional time due to the appeal process, and did not discharge the burden of proof to show the Registrar's refusal was wrong; family circumstances did not justify further extension given statutory limits and available alternatives.

  • Trainee driving instructor licensing
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Burden of proof
  • Appeal rights
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Family law

X, Re

The adoption order was made without proper notice to the birth father, constituting a procedural irregularity. The court, before sealing the order, must allow the father an opportunity to apply to set aside the order under Family Procedure Rules 27.5, as the error was identified promptly and the order not yet perfected.

  • Procedural irregularity
  • Service of notice
  • Setting aside adoption orders
  • Appeal rights
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Tax law

Claire Blenkin v The Commissioners for his Majesty’s Revenue and Customs

The Tribunal dismissed the appeal as the discovery assessments were valid, accurate, and issued within time; the Tribunal lacks jurisdiction over data breach and fairness arguments, and interest charges/self-assessment return are not appealable.

  • High income child benefit charge
  • Discovery assessments
  • Appeal rights
  • Jurisdiction
  • Data breach
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Social security law

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v IL

The Upper Tribunal held that new-style ESA overpayments are recoverable under section 71ZB regardless of cause, and that the tribunal could consider only the amount recoverable.

  • Recovery of overpayments
  • Employment and support allowance
  • Universal credit
  • Appeal rights
  • Judicial review
  • Legitimate expectation
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