Tribunals

• Donoughmore report

  • recognised tribunals
  • Made notable recommendations
• Franks report

  • Recognised tribunals were distinct from administration
• Tribunals & Inquires Act 1958

  • Implemented Franks report
• The leggatt report identified

  • Problems with access
  • problems with independence
  • Absence of coherence
• Leggatt report recommended

  • A more independent system
  • More user friendly
  • Greater efficiency
• Tribunals courts & enforcement Act 2007 established

  • First tier Tribunals > division into specialist chambers and upper tribunal for appeals