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BOOK REVIEW
TRIBUNAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Tribunals under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
6th edition
By Edward Jacobs
ISBN: 978 1 91364 871 8
LEGAL ACTION GROUP
lag.org.uk
A COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK BY EDWARD JACOBS FOR PRACTITIONERS IN TRIBUNALS
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers
and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”
Now in a sixth edition for 2024, Edward Jacobs’ celebrated book on Tribunals remains a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the integrated tribunal system created over ten years ago by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
What the reader gets is a structured approach to the practice and procedure of tribunals, setting out what the rules of procedure are in their context and offering a framework for understanding and analysing the practices that apply to them.
The tribunal system has at this time in 2020s, attained a steadfast state though the matters over which it has jurisdiction continue to expand. This is especially important in the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal and the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal. The judicial review work of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal has now established its position in place of the Administrative Court for that jurisdiction at a very testing time politically.
As well as dealing with the rules of procedure, this book contains practical advice for tribunal members and those who appear before them. For parties and their representatives, it deals with obtaining and assessing evidence, writing decisions, applying for adjournments, techniques of questioning and tribunal advocacy.
The sixth edition covers the following main areas depending on what you are looking for: the proposed change in status of Senior President of Tribunals as part of the “One Judiciary” reforms; devolved tribunals in Scotland; anticipated changes to devolved tribunals in Wales; abolition of Cart judicial reviews; updated reported case law of Upper Tribunal and the senior courts since 2019, including important decisions on the nature of an appeal; amendments to TCEA and the rules of procedure; and extended coverage of rules on anonymity, confidentiality and disclosure.
The book remains essential reading for tribunal judges and panel members, representatives and anyone who appears before the tribunal or is interested in how they work. The Legal Action Group (LAG), continue to publish the book. LAG is the access to justice charity who are justly famed for producing legal texts accessible not only to lawyers, but to the average, concerned reader, and they are famed for the support they give us as practitioners today.
This work has been described is “the one book that every tribunal judge, member, adviser and representative should have at their fingertips”. Very true as it offers great advice and support for established and new practitioners.
It remains unique for the depth of its coverage, and it guides us well with Jacobs’ considerable skill, experience and dedication of the subject matter setting out, as he does, the hugely important range of work undertaken by the modern tribunal system. Thank you LAG for continuing to publish this work.
The sixth edition of this paperback book from LAG was published in 2024.
BOOK REVIEW
TRIBUNAL PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE
Tribunals under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007
6th edition
By Edward Jacobs
ISBN: 978 1 91364 871 8
LEGAL ACTION GROUP
lag.org.uk
A COMPREHENSIVE HANDBOOK BY EDWARD JACOBS FOR PRACTITIONERS IN TRIBUNALS
An appreciation by Elizabeth Robson Taylor of Richmond Green Chambers and Phillip Taylor MBE, Head of Chambers
and Reviews Editor, “The Barrister”
Now in a sixth edition for 2024, Edward Jacobs’ celebrated book on Tribunals remains a comprehensive and authoritative guide to the integrated tribunal system created over ten years ago by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.
What the reader gets is a structured approach to the practice and procedure of tribunals, setting out what the rules of procedure are in their context and offering a framework for understanding and analysing the practices that apply to them.
The tribunal system has at this time in 2020s, attained a steadfast state though the matters over which it has jurisdiction continue to expand. This is especially important in the General Regulatory Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal and the Administrative Appeals Chamber of the Upper Tribunal. The judicial review work of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the Upper Tribunal has now established its position in place of the Administrative Court for that jurisdiction at a very testing time politically.
As well as dealing with the rules of procedure, this book contains practical advice for tribunal members and those who appear before them. For parties and their representatives, it deals with obtaining and assessing evidence, writing decisions, applying for adjournments, techniques of questioning and tribunal advocacy.
The sixth edition covers the following main areas depending on what you are looking for: the proposed change in status of Senior President of Tribunals as part of the “One Judiciary” reforms; devolved tribunals in Scotland; anticipated changes to devolved tribunals in Wales; abolition of Cart judicial reviews; updated reported case law of Upper Tribunal and the senior courts since 2019, including important decisions on the nature of an appeal; amendments to TCEA and the rules of procedure; and extended coverage of rules on anonymity, confidentiality and disclosure.
The book remains essential reading for tribunal judges and panel members, representatives and anyone who appears before the tribunal or is interested in how they work. The Legal Action Group (LAG), continue to publish the book. LAG is the access to justice charity who are justly famed for producing legal texts accessible not only to lawyers, but to the average, concerned reader, and they are famed for the support they give us as practitioners today.
This work has been described is “the one book that every tribunal judge, member, adviser and representative should have at their fingertips”. Very true as it offers great advice and support for established and new practitioners.
It remains unique for the depth of its coverage, and it guides us well with Jacobs’ considerable skill, experience and dedication of the subject matter setting out, as he does, the hugely important range of work undertaken by the modern tribunal system. Thank you LAG for continuing to publish this work.
The sixth edition of this paperback book from LAG was published in 2024.
