First Tier appeal dismissed 13/12/2014
Application for permission to appeal submitted 27/12/2014
Notice of Decision 13/02/2015
My application was considered out of time.
The judge considered some of my grounds arguable but not all " While the remaining grounds are weaker I do not reject them"
The notice of direction states:
1. Any response which the respondent to this appeal wishes to make under rule 24 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 must be sent or delivered to the Upper Tribunal so that it is received no later than 14 days after the respondent was sent notice that permission to appeal had been granted. At the same time, a copy of the response must be sent to the appellant.
2. The parties are reminded of the need to make an application pursuant to rule 15(2A) of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, where appropriate, and of the requirements of that rule.
3. The parties shall prepare for the forthcoming hearing on the basis that if the Upper Tribunal decides to set aside the determination of the First-tier Tribunal any further evidence, including supplementary oral evidence, that the Upper Tribunal may need to consider if it decides to re-make the decision, can be so considered at that hearing.
5. The parties are to serve on the Upper Tribunal and the other party, not later than 21 days after these directions were sent:
(a) an indexed and paginated bundle, containing all documentary evidence upon which it is intended to rely at the forthcoming hearing, pursuant to rule 15(2A); and
(b) where it is intended to develop the grounds of appeal, a skeleton argument (with authorities).
6.A party is not required to re-serve any documentary material that he or she has previously filed with the First-tier Tribunal; but in all cases an index of all material to be relied on, including that previously filed, shall be served on the Upper Tribunal and the other party, not later than 21 days after these directions were sent.
I am struggling to get clarity on this 15(2A) rule.
Is it wise to develop the grounds of appeal or do the grounds served in the application suffice?
