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It's standard procedure for the Judge of the hearing to look at the request first it's to allow obvious Errors to be dealt with more quickly, but it does rely on them accepting that the panel has made a mistake.
There should have been information included with the SoR about making an appeal direct to the Upper Tier Tribunal. A District Judge will review the case and either pass your appeal for a hearing or rule that no Error has occurred.
Gordon