The new rules are much more extensive than the previous LVT procedure rules and provide the First-tier Tribunal with more flexible (and useful) case management powers. For example, the First-tier Tribunal will have the ability to strike out a respondent’s statement of case, the power to issue a witness summons and to transfer complex cases to the Upper Tribunal. There is also a provision enabling the Tribunal to set aside its own decision where it has breached the rules of natural justice and for it to review its own decision rather than the appellant appealing to the Upper Tribunal.
