granted leave to appeal to comissioner

hi everyone long time since i have posted here almost 18 months ,lost my appeal at tribunal , but have just received letter today have been granted leave to appeal to the comissioner , on errors of law by the first tribunal .
As i dont have a representative and have got this far myself with the help of this site ,If someone can help me now , what do i do next ,
RE , Acompaning note

The Department at the Commissioners request has submitted observations on the above application and if you wish to make any written comments on these observations they should be received by us no later than one month from the date of this letter ,

I have searched the help pages but cant find anything that relates to the next step after the leave for appeal has been granted ,Any help would be greatly appreciated ,,,

letitia

letitia

Unfortunately, the problems you are experiencing are exactly why you need an advisor with experience in appeals to the Upper Tribunal.

As I understand it, the UT will only review evidence and testimony that was available to the original Tribunal, so I would not expect you to be able to submit new evidence.

Secondly, the UT is not re-making the Decision of the original Tribunal. So the judge will not be evaluating you evidence in the context of whether or not you meet the criteria of the benefit your are attempting to claim. They are only interested in whether the panel followed the law in evaluating that evidence, and that their decision is consistent with it.

Remember, the best decision you can expect from the UT, is that the original Decision is set aside and a new (lower) Tribunal hearing is ordered.

Gordon