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The LVT Transformed
Jeff Platt
Slides courtesy of: Siobhan
McGrath
Acting President First-tier Property
Chamber
1
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?
2
A Time of Change
• Structural Change
• Changes to regulations
• Looking ahead
3
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
4
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
5
Transfer of Tribunal Functions
Order
• Abolishes RACs, RTs, LVTs and
RPTs, the ALR and the ALT
• Transfers all jurisdictions to First-tier
Tribunal
6
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
8
Appeals
• All appeals to Upper Tier Lands
except for ALR which will go to
Upper Tier (Tax and Chancery)
• NB proposals:
– Review
– Set Aside
9
Jurisdictions
• Courts and Tribunals
• Tidying –up
• Best use of expertise
10
What next?
• A joined up service?
– Triage Plus and Advice
– Mediation
– Adjudication
• Adjudicating in a time of austerity
11
QUESTIONS
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