About us

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Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)

We’re responsible for dealing with appeals against decisions made by certain lower tribunals and organisations including:

• social security and child support
• war pensions and armed forces compensation
• mental health
• special education needs or disabilities
• disputes heard by the General Regulatory Chamber
• decisions made by the Disclosure and Barring Service
• decisions made by the Traffic Commissioner (or the Transport Regulation Unit in Northern Ireland)
• Special Education Needs Tribunal for Wales
• Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
• Pensions Appeal Tribunal in Northern Ireland (only for assessment appeals under the War Pensions Scheme)

We also handle applications for judicial review of decisions made by:

• First-tier Tribunal (Criminal Injuries Compensation)
• other first-tier tribunals where there is no right of appeal

Who we are

We are one of 4 chambers of the Upper Tribunal which makes decisions in legal disputes and is structured around particular areas of law.

Tribunal information

• forms and further guidance
• daily hearing list
• daily hearing list (Scotland)
• RCJ and Rolls Building daily court lists
• procedure rules
• practice statements)
• previous decisions
• complaints procedure