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Lapsing appeals mess
We live in a lapsarian world now….nothing makes sense anymore.
We live in a lapsarian world now….nothing makes sense anymore.
That’s scarily profound Paul. Because it sums up the state of our public services i.e. the damage inflicted, the NHS rightfully holds the headlines but the DWP’s imposed decline has been steep too.!!!!!!!!!!!
To be fair, this could be an attempt to be helpful and efficient, although it would have worked better if a PO had shown up. I’ve done this myself when representing LAs in Tribunals. You say something like this:
“Having read the appellant’s submissions I can see that they are right up to a point, and so I am happy to concede the appeal to that limited extent. This has not yet been enshrined in a revised decision, because the claimant is already brassed off by the delays getting to this stage and I can just imagine how s/he would have felt if we had lapsed the appeal and told him/her to start all over again. i thought the best way to handle this was to let the appeal go ahead, but announce this partial concession so we can now go ahead with a hearing that is focussed on the remaining points of disagreement.”
As an example, it’s often a supported accommodation appeal where the Council is prepared to increase the eligible rent, but not pay it in full
Yes of course, but it is surely necessary to identify what it is that you are conceding. If there was a further paragraph which said “we think 1b, 4b, 5b and 6b apply so we say qualifies for SRDL but no more than that”, then that would be perfectly fine.