RL -v- Department for Social Development (IB) (Tribunals - General)

1.���� This is a claimant�s application for leave to appeal from the decision of an appeal tribunal sitting at Ballymena on 10 November 2011.

2.���� An oral hearing of the application has been requested. However, I consider that the application can properly be determined without a hearing.

3.���� I grant leave to appeal. I set aside the decision of the appeal tribunal under Article 15(8)(b) of the Social Security (NI) Order 1998 and I remit the appeal for redetermination by a newly constituted tribunal.

5.���� A tribunal considered the applicant�s appeal but disallowed it. He requested a statement of reasons, which was issued on 4 January 2012 and re-issued on 23 February 2012. On 28 February 2012 he requested the legally qualified member (LQM) of the tribunal to grant leave to appeal to the Social Security Commissioner. Leave was refused by a determination issued on 16 March 2012. On 16 April 2012 the applicant applied to a Social Security Commissioner for leave to appeal.�

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