This is a list of tribunals currently in existence in the United Kingdom.
Two-tier system Together, the two general tribunals may be known as the 'two-tier system'.
First-tier Tribunal The First-tier Tribunal hears appeals from regulators and decision-makers in a wide range of subject areas, currently:
Alternative business structures (licensed conveyancers) Charity Claims management services Consumer credit Environmental sanctions Estate agents Examination boards Gambling Immigration services Freedom of information and data protection Local government standards Transport Asylum support Social security and child support Criminal injuries compensation Care standards Mental health Special educational needs and disability Primary health lists Tax MPs' expenses War pensions and armed forces compensation Immigration and asylum
Chambers of the First-Tier Tribunal The First-Tier Tribunal is divided into 7 chambers:
General Regulatory Chamber Social Entitlement Chamber Health, Education and Social Care Chamber Tax Chamber War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber Immigration and Asylum Chamber Property Chamber
Upper Tribunal The Upper Tribunal hears appeals from the First-tier Tribunal and also from the:
Independent Safeguarding Authority Traffic commissioners Financial Conduct Authority Pension Regulator Welsh devolved tribunals
Devolved tribunals A number of tribunals exercise functions devolved to the devolved administrations. These tribunals as such replace the functions of UK-wide tribunals in their subject area for their jurisdiction.
Scotland Scotland has a number of tribunals administered by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, as well as some with their own administration.
Scottish two-tier tribunals Scotland has upper and first-tier tribunals, which mirror the UK-wide system (though their remits differ). The Upper Tribunal for Scotland acts as an appeal tribunal equivalent to the Outer House, whilst the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland hears cases at first instance or on appeal from local authorities.
Other SCTS tribunals Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland Pensions Appeals Tribunal Lands Tribunal for Scotland
NHS Scotland tribunals The NHS Tribunal Scotland handles cases referred by Health Boards of fraud and other misconduct by medical, dental, ophthalmic or pharmaceutical practitioners, and considers whether the practitioner should be disqualified from working in the NHS in Scotland. The National Appeal Panel considers appeals against decisions taken by Health Boards in Scotland on applications to provide NHS pharmaceutical services.
Other Scottish tribunals The Crofters Commission regulates crofting in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Children's Hearings took over, from the Scottish courts, most of the responsibility for dealing with children and young people under 16, and in some cases under 18, who commit offences or who are in need of care and protection.
Wales Wales maintains several tribunals under the President of Welsh Tribunals. These are:
Adjudication Panel for Wales Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales Mental Health Review Tribunals for Wales Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales Residential Property Tribunal for Wales Welsh Language Tribunal - deal with appeals against decisions by the Welsh Language Commissioner in relation to Welsh Language Standards. The Valuation Tribunal for Wales is self-administered.
England Though not England-only tribunals are not technically 'devolved' as such, they act similarly. The Valuation Tribunal for England hears disputes related to council tax and business rate valuations on appeals from councils. NHS England's NHS Resolution FHS Appeal Unit hears, on behalf of the Secretary of State for Health, appeals from decisions of primary care trusts regarding applications to provide NHS pharmaceutical services in England, and also decides contractual disputes between primary care trusts and general practitioners, dentists or opticians.
London Formerly named the Parking and Traffic Appeals Service, Parking adjudicators hear parking appeals against fixed penalty notices issued for parking, bus lane and various traffic sign contraventions within Greater London.
Education
School admission appeal panels School admission appeal panels are set up by local education authorities or school governing bodies to hear appeals against a child's non-admission to their preferred school, or against the school place allotted to them.
School exclusion appeal panels School exclusion appeal panels are set up by local education authorities or school governing bodies to hear appeals against decisions to exclude a child from school.
Schools adjudicators Schools adjudicators decide on objections to published admission arrangements for admitting children to schools, and decide on statutory proposals for school organisation.
Employment
Employment tribunals Employment tribunals hear claims regarding employment including unfair dismissal, redundancy payments and discrimination. They deal with other claims relating to wages and other payments.
Employment Appeal Tribunal The Employment Appeal Tribunal hears appeals from the employment tribunals.
Police Appeals Tribunal The Police Appeals Tribunal hears appeals against the findings of internal disciplinary proceedings brought against members of the police force.
Reserve forces appeal tribunals Reserve forces appeal tribunals hear appeals from members of the United Kingdom reserve forces (the Army Reserve, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Marines Reserve), or their civilian employers, against decisions on exemption from call-out to active service or regarding financial assistance.
Reserve forces reinstatement committees and umpires Reserve forces reinstatement committees hear applications from members of the United Kingdom reserve forces (the Army Reserve, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Marines Reserve) who consider that they have been refused their right to return to their civilian job following demobilisation. Umpires hear appeals on determinations or orders of the committees.
Finance and commerce
Company Names Tribunal The Company Names Tribunal makes decisions in disputes about opportunistic company name or limited liability partnership name registrations, when someone registers one or more variations of the name of a well-known company in order to get that company to buy the registration from them.
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