Tribunals

• give people an avenue to enforce their entitlement to certain rights
• Tribunals take the burden off the courts and can be cheaper but leal aid is not available for most types of tribunal
• Only disputes that impact on fundamental human rights will be funded
• asylum seekers also would be funded as the risk of being deported back to country of origin could pose a risk to life
• administrative tribunals deal with disputes between individuals and the state
• Domestic tribunals are set up by private bodies or set up under statue to discipline a particular profession
• Most tribunals consist of a panel comprising of a legally qualified chairman and two lay members who have knowledge of the area in dispute
• decisions are binding
• Tribunals are obliged to give a reason for its decision and these decisions can be appealed