SM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (II): [2020] UKUT 287 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Poynter on 15 October 2020

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 30 November 2020

• Categories: Industrial diseases, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Industrial diseases - A12 (carpel tunnel syndrome), Tribunal procedure and practice - evidence
• Judges: Poynter, R
• Decision date: 15 October 2020

Read the full decision in CI/1395/2019.

Judicial Summary

Industrial diseases—A12 (carpel tunnel syndrome)—Distribution of Median nerve Tribunal procedure and practice (including Upper tribunal)—Evidence—Whether the principles in Ladd v Marshall apply where the First-Tier Tribunal—in the exercise of its inquisitorial jurisdiction and enabling role—has misdirected itself on a point on uncontentious fact.

Published 30 November 2020