PUBLIC LAW L4 - Courts & Tribunals - STATUTORY JUDICIAL BODIES & TRIBUNALS

Question 1

What are tribunals? (2)

Answer 1

Specialist judicial bodies dealing with administrative and regulatory cases. They have no jurisdiction in criminal matters.

Question 2

How many tribunals are there and what are they? (3)

Answer 2

2. The first tier tribunal. The Upper Tribunal.

Question 3

How may chambers are there in The First Tier Tribunal? (1)

Answer 3

Seven.

Question 4

What is the role of the chambers in the First Tier Tribunal? (1)

Answer 4

To hear appeals from the citizens against decisions made by government departments or agencies.

Question 5

What is the role of the Upper Tribunal? (2)

Answer 5

To hear appeals from the First Tier Tribunal, equivalent to the High Court.

Question 6

What are the chambers in the First Tier Tribunal? (7)

Answer 6

War pensions and armed forces compensation chamber, social entitlement chamber, health education and social care chamber, general regulatory chamber, tax chamber, immigration and asylum chamber and property chamber.

Question 7

How many chambers are there in the Upper Tribunal? (1)

Answer 7

Four.

Question 8

What are the chambers in the Upper Tribunal and which chambers from the First Tier Tribunal do they include? (4)

Answer 8

Administrative appeals chamber - war pensions and armed forces compensation chamber, social entitlement chamber, health education and social care chamber and general regulatory chamber. Tax and chancery chamber - tax chamber. Immigration and asylum chamber - immigration and asylum chamber. Lands chamber - property chamber.

Question 9

Who makes up the tribunal judges? (1)

Answer 9

Mix of legally qualified and specialist ‘lay’ members.

Question 10

What is the role of the Coroners’ courts and what are their investigations called? (2)

Answer 10

To investigate deaths which may not be attributable to natural causes or if the cause is unknown. Inquests.

Question 11

What are public inquiries? (3)

Answer 11

Major investigations convened by government departments. They are given special ‘statutory powers’ to compel testimony and the release of other forms of evidence. Statutory public inquiries under the Inquiries Act 2005 take place into issues of significant public interest, Grenfell 2017.