Chamber) Siobhan McGrath Chamber President 1 The Landscape - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Siobhan McGrath Chamber President 1

The Landscape • Landlord and Tenant disputes distributed between Courts and Tribunals • Law Commission Report: Housing Dispute Resolution and the Role of Tribunals • First step in rationalisation? 2

A Time of Change • Structural Change • Changes to regulations • Looking ahead 3

Structural Change • Tribunal Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 • Senior President of Tribunals • First-tier Tribunal divided into Chambers • Property Chamber – bringing together RPTS Tribunals, Adjudicator to HM Land Registry and Agricultural Lands Tribunal 4

Chamber Membership • Chamber President • Principal Judges for RPTS, ALR and ALT • Regional Judges and Deputy Regional Judges • Judges and other members – experts and lay members 5

Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order • Abolishes RACs, RTs, LVTs and RPTs, the ALR and the ALT • Transfers all jurisdictions to First-tier Tribunal 6

Regulations • The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 • Replaces all procedure rules that previously applied to the Tribunals 7

Regulation changes • Standardisation • Overriding objective – rule 2 • Case management powers – rule 6 • Sanctions – rule 8 – Strike out – rule 9 – Costs – rule 13 8

Appeals • All appeals to Upper Tier Lands except for ALR which will go to Upper Tier (Tax and Chancery) – Part 6 • NB: – Review – Set Aside 9

Jurisdictions • Courts and Tribunals • Tidying – up • Best use of expertise 10

What next? • A joined up service? – Triage Plus and Advice – Mediation – Adjudication • Adjudicating in a time of austerity 11

QUESTIONS 12