reconsideration

stephano wrote:

So,
by implication then, very little point in letting the case go to appeal??

I am not sure how you have arrived at that conculsion, a 40% success rate sounds quite good to me.

Gordon

stephano wrote:

Thanks, Gordon,
I guess my thinking is, if two dm's and an hcp say I don't meet the sg
criteria, then the likelihood of a tribunal reversing those decisions may well be less than 40%. I guess the realist in me is predicting a tribunal is unlikely to "go against" dm's and hcp's documention/decisions?!

A Tribunal, by definition takes no account of the previous Decision of a DM(s), they must render a Decision based on the evidence before them and the testimony of the claimant at the hearing.

The Tribunal Service is not part of the DWP and owes no allegiance to it, it is in fact part of Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service.

Gordon