Forgive me if I missed this in all the changes that seemed to happen towards the end of last year, but does Regulation 38 of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regualtions 99 not apply anymore?
Up to Oct 08 I had 4 or 5 appeals outstanding where the DWP had not got round to the production of appeal papers, and I wrote to my local TS asking for directions to list on the basis of Reg 38. Earlier in the year this had proved really useful with either the DWP backing off or at least getting a case to tribunal.
However, in all of those 4 or 5 cases I had in October I am no further forward. I have written to the local TS again asking for an explanation, and ofc the DWP still have not produced papers.
I did speak to the local TS in November and was told a District Tribunal Judge was looking in to all these cases, and when I followed this up a few weeks later it was denied any meeting ever took place!
Confused.
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