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1 The LVT Transformed Jeff Platt Slides courtesy of: Siobhan McGrath Acting President First-tier Property Chamber
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2 The Landscape Landlord and Tenant disputes distributed between Courts and Tribunals Law Commission Report: Housing Dispute Resolution and the Role of Tribunals First step in rationalisation?
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3 A Time of Change Structural Change Changes to regulations Looking ahead
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4 Structural Change Tribunal Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 Senior President of Tribunals First-tier Tribunal divided into Chambers Property Chamber – bringing together RPTS Tribunals, Adjudicator to HM Land Registry and Agricultural Lands Tribunal
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5 Chamber Membership Chamber President Principal Judges for RPTS, ALR and ALT Regional Judges and Deputy Regional Judges Judges and other members – experts and lay members
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6 Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order Abolishes RACs, RTs, LVTs and RPTs, the ALR and the ALT Transfers all jurisdictions to First-tier Tribunal
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7 Regulations The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Property Chamber) Rules 2013 Replaces all procedure rules that previously applied to the Tribunals
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8 Regulation changes Standardisation Overriding objective Case management powers Sanctions –Strike out –Costs
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9 Appeals All appeals to Upper Tier Lands except for ALR which will go to Upper Tier (Tax and Chancery) NB proposals: –Review –Set Aside
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10 Jurisdictions Courts and Tribunals Tidying –up Best use of expertise
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11 What next? A joined up service? –Triage Plus and Advice –Mediation –Adjudication Adjudicating in a time of austerity
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12 QUESTIONS
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