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Administrative law

17 January 2014
Issue: 7590 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Samuda v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another [2014] EWCA Civ 1, [2014] All ER (D) 03 (Jan)

The claimant sought permission to appeal against the refusal of the Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) (the UT) to set aside its decision refusing to grant the claimant permission to appeal against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber). R (on the application of Cart) v Upper Tribunal; R (on the application of MR (Pakistan)) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) [2011] 4 All ER 127, and ss 10(1) and 13(8) of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 were considered. The Court of Appeal, in dismissing the application, held that there could be no appeal to the court from a refusal of the UT to review its decision to refuse permission to appeal.

 

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