appeal

maggiemoon wrote: Sent off forms to the tribunal office that we were going ahead with husband's appeal from WRAG to Support group endof Sept and thought we would have to wait at least 9mths to a year for the appeal, got a letter from tribunals this morning the appeal is in 2 wks, HELP...
have managed to get supporting letter from DR , and some medical printouts he gave him, but I need to write a submission letter and am a bit stuck on how to do it, letter has to be with the clerk 1 wk before the appeal, Is it normal to have the appeal so quick ?, am worried that they have decided already and this is just a formality to say he's failed
MM

It is an unusually short period, did you tick the box saying that you wanted an Oral hearing that you attend?

Strictly speaking, Tribunal procedure only allows the claimant one month from when the DWP submit there papers to the Tribunal Service to provide evidence and make a submission, most claimants are not constrained by this limit as it usually takes a lot longer for the hearing to be held.

This early appeal is most definitely not an indication that they have already decided against your husband, the panel do not usually receive the papers until a couple of days, if not the day before the hearing, so there is simply no way that any Decision has already ben made.

Good luck

Gordon

maggiemoon wrote: Yes I ticked the box that we wanted an oral hearing where we attend but it was at a venue about 26 mls from home now it is in the town centr 6mls from home, they asked would we like to tavel further afield for a quicker hearing and I said no that 26ml was too far, lol...
kind regards MM, will let you know what happens, just can't understand how it has come so soon...

I am guessing that you "lucked out" and got a cancellation

Gordon