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1
The LVT Transformed
Jeff Platt
Slides courtesy of: Siobhan McGrath
Acting President First-tier Property Chamber
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?
3
A Time of Change
• Structural Change
• Changes to regulations
• Looking ahead
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
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
6
Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order
• Abolishes RACs, RTs, LVTs and RPTs, the ALR and the ALT
• Transfers all jurisdictions to First-tier Tribunal
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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Regulation changes
• Standardisation
• Overriding objective
• Case management powers
• Sanctions– Strike out– Costs
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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Jurisdictions
• Courts and Tribunals
• Tidying –up
• Best use of expertise
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What next?
• A joined up service?– Triage Plus and Advice–Mediation– Adjudication
• Adjudicating in a time of austerity
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QUESTIONS