GE -v- Department for Social Development (ESA)

� ���������������������������������������������������������� Decision No: C3/13-14(ESA)

��������������������������������� Application by the claimant for leave to appeal

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1.�������� I grant leave to appeal and proceed to determine all questions arising thereon as though they arose on appeal.� The decision of the appeal tribunal dated 15 December 2009 is in error of law. The error of law identified will be explained in more detail below. Pursuant to the powers conferred on me by Article 15(8) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, I set aside the decision appealed against.

3.�������� It is imperative that the appellant notes that while the decision of the appeal tribunal has been set aside, the issue of his entitlement to employment and support allowance (ESA), for a particular period, remains to be determined by another appeal tribunal. In accordance with the guidance set out below, the newly constituted appeal tribunal will be undertaking its own determination of the legal and factual issues which arise in the appeal.�