Waiting time for Birmingham / Wolverhampton tribunal venues

Seem to have picked up an ESA appeal for a relative in Staffs. Can anyone tell me what the approx waiting time is from receipt of tribunal response form to date of hearing?

Thanks.

Hi - not sure what other peoples experience is but we find that it takes about 10 months at least ( we use mainly Wolverhampton venue)

Hi,

We are South Staffs and our clients’ appeals are heard at either Wolverhampton or Walsall and I’d agree with the above figure as an approx. Depending on whereabouts in Stafford your relative is they might also be sent to Newcastle-under-Lyme (if it’s still there - haven’t had an appeal there for years) of over towards Shrewsbury and don’t know what the waits are like over there….

Sarah

About 10 months for Birmingham for oral hearings, but much quicker for paper hearings (usually not more than 6 months from initial decision to hearing).

Many thanks for info…delay works well in client’s favour for a change, as waiting for a specialist’s tests. Only 3-4 months for an oral hearing down this way.

Ah yes, we have speeded up. County Court in Torquay and Newton Abbot Magistrate’s Court. It’s just the explaining about it ‘not really being a court’, although, sometimes the panel sit on the judge’s bench at Torquay! Much quicker though…