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Civil procedure – Jurisdiction – Appeal against decision of Upper Tribunal – Competency: Dismissing an appeal to the Court of Session under s 13 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions against a decision of the Upper Tribunal, the court held that the answer to the question of whether the matter which the appellant wished to make the subject of appeal was an appeal 'on any point of law arising from a decision made by the Upper Tribunal' was in the negative, and accordingly the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal.
Civil procedure – Jurisdiction – Appeal against decision of Upper Tribunal – Competency: Dismissing an appeal to the Court of Session under s 13 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions against a decision of the Upper Tribunal, the court held that the answer to the question of whether the matter which the appellant wished to make the subject of appeal was an appeal 'on any point of law arising from a decision made by the Upper Tribunal' was in the negative, and accordingly the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal.
Chair of the Bar reports back
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