tribunal adjourned

hi i have come back from the ib tribunal today very disappointed. the reason being is we started the case and the chair asked me to look over a certain page and i didnt have the information in front of me. he said it was unwise to continue as we all needed the information to work with. however looking over the details i have noticed that things have changed but the chair said we can only revise the failed medical points and nothing that has happened recently. i have read the guides and found some information but i dont know what to do now. how do i prepare for the next tribunal which is scheduled in 4 weeks. i have contacted cab and awaitng appointment but i dont know what to do or prepare now.

debzcare wrote:

hi i have come back from the ib tribunal today very disappointed. the reason being is we started the case and the chair asked me to look over a certain page and i didnt have the information in front of me. he said it was unwise to continue as we all needed the information to work with. however looking over the details i have noticed that things have changed but the chair said we can only revise the failed medical points and nothing that has happened recently. i have read the guides and found some information but i dont know what to do now. how do i prepare for the next tribunal which is scheduled in 4 weeks. i have contacted cab and awaitng appointment but i dont know what to do or prepare now.

btw i scored o points at medical

debzcare wrote:

hi i have come back from the ib tribunal today very disappointed. the reason being is we started the case and the chair asked me to look over a certain page and i didnt have the information in front of me. he said it was unwise to continue as we all needed the information to work with. however looking over the details i have noticed that things have changed but the chair said we can only revise the failed medical points and nothing that has happened recently. i have read the guides and found some information but i dont know what to do now. how do i prepare for the next tribunal which is scheduled in 4 weeks. i have contacted cab and awaitng appointment but i dont know what to do or prepare now.

Hi DC,

I think the chairman was trying to say that the tribunal only looks at whether your limitations at the time of the original adverse decision qualified you for the level of award that you are appealing for, and not any changes in your conditions since that time.

This is normal practice, a lot of appellants fail to grasp this.

It may be advisable to gain advice from CAB as you say.

bro58

thank you for your reply.
i have got an appointment on the 19th december. i have got loads of paperwork now and looking through it all it seems very daunting. i have already written a letter stating my reasons for appeal before i went to the tribunal but now i have all this paperwork. what do i look for in it and how is the best way to prepare. what will cab do for me as today when i made the appointment they said they dont accompany me to the tribunal

when we went to the tribunal all we had was the medical report but not the ib50 form which is filled in prior to the medical therefore when we were asked to turn to a specific page then we didnt have the book they were looking at. the chair gave us his copy and told us to take away and review and that the case was adjourned till 19th so yes we didnt have all the paperwork that the chair had