PIP tribunal - irrelevant questions

Hi Maria m,
I'm sorry to hear that your tribunal experience wasn't very pleasant.
There are a number of things that J need to comment on:
Irrelevant questions- these are often asked, and I don't know why. Sometimes it's just for background information. I guess it depends on the point the tribunal member is thinking about, in their own way things that appear Irrelevant could well be very relevant, but it isn't obvious to the rest of the world!
However a succession of irrelevant questions and a lost appeal could suggest that the tribunal or at least that member isn't thinking about the correct legal tests.
Further Appeal
You have lost your appeal, and gave a right to appeal to Upper Tribunal if there is an error of law. Potentially if existing points have been removed there should be a warning given, so this might be an error of law.
What you need to do us to write into the tribunal and ask for the Written Statement of Reasons AND the Record of Proceedings. (The ROP will probably be a cd Recording if this was a phone hearing.)
You 1MONTH from decision notice date to ask for WSOR/ROP. It may take a while to get this.
As soon as you get the WSOR photocopy thus, so you have an original unmarked copy, and one you can scribble on. You may need to make a transcript of the cd ROP.
Does the reasoning in the WSOR compare with the evidence recorded on the cd?
So, for example if the WSOr says 'claimant walks to post office which she says is 600m' and you clearly said either you can no longer walk to the post office or the distance is only 60m then this could be an error of law as the actual facts don't tally with the decision. Have a look again at the members guides, which explain various bits of law such as safely, reasonable time etc did the WSOR discuss the relevant law? Any discrepancies are likely to be an error of law.
Providing you have at least one arguable error of law on a material point, then you may be able to appeal.
If you identify one or more errors of law, firstly write to tribunal and ask for the decision to be set aside and/or for leave to be granted to appeal to the Upper Tribunal. Explain the possible errors of law. The First Tier Tribunal will then review the case and can set the decision aside.(This means the decision is cancelled and you get a new hearing.) Or the FTT will send the case directly to the Upper Tribunal if the law involved is more complicated. If the FTT won't agree to set aside, you can apply directly to the UT.
However, first get your WSOR and ROP and find those errors if law.
I hope this helps.
LL26