DLa tribunal, no representative. Any help welcome

MB

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The first thing to say is that the vast majority of Tribunals are held without the claimant having representation, this was the case even before the current Government axed the budget for such things.

The panel, there will be three members; a judge, a doctor and disability member, will be asking you questions about your daily activities to understand how you are affected and to see whether you meet the criteria for DLA or not. Take your time, make sure your understand the question and then give your answer, if you don't think they have taken on board what you have said, then don't be afraid to correct them, just be respectful.

You might want to read through your form the night before and it may help you to have a look through our DLA Claim guides to make sure that you are familiar with how DLA is assessed. See

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/help-for-claimants/dla/#dlaclaims

Best of luck

Gordon

MBR wrote: Not upheld, 8 years on med care and higher mobility. Down to lowest care, no mobility

I'm sorry to hear this. You still have the option of pursuing this to the Upper Tier Tribunal if you wish, however, this can only be done because there was an Error of Law in the proceedings. I have to warn you that an appeal to the UTT can take a significant time and there is no guarantee of success.

The first stage of an appeal is to request a written Statement of Reasons from the judge and the Record of Proceedings.

What is an Error of Law?

Tribunals – Requesting a Statement of Reasons

www.disabilityrightsuk.org/appealing-upp...er-tribunal-decision

Gordon