Carpenter v Social Security Commissioner and Another
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 15 January 2003 |
| Date | 15 January 2003 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Civil Division) |
Court of Appeal
Before Lord Justice Laws
Practice - tribunal refusing adjournment - not of itself a decision capable of being appealed
Refusal by a social security appeal tribunal to grant an applicant an adjournment was not of itself a decision capable of being appealed nor was it covered by an obligation on the tribunal to give its reasons.
Lord Justice Laws, sitting in the Court of Appeal with Lord Justice Ward and Lord Justice Jonathan Parker on January 15, 2003, so stated when dismissing an appeal by the applicant, James Carpenter, from the judgment of Social Security Commissioner Jacob on January 17, 2002, upholding a decision by the Sheffield Social Security Appeal Tribunal that the applicant was capable of work and no longer entitled to National Insurance credits.
HIS LORDSHIP said that the tribunal had refused the applicant an adjournment to obtain a medical report.
The court's jurisdiction depended on the provisions in sections 8 to 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 and in the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (SI 1999 No 991).
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