Radical change for tribunals

Two new tribunals launched this week, the First-tier and Upper Tribunal, in what Senior President Lord Justice Carnwath describes as the “most radical change in 50 years”. Most tribunal jurisdictions will transfer into the new two-tier tribunal structure in phases from this week—implementing a key part of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. The government is consulting on bringing the asylum and immigration tribunal into the unified tribunals structure. The Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal will be kept separate.