Question follow-through · 6774
Tribunals: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reimbursing the legal fees of claimants whose tribunal proceedings have been adjourned as a result of an unavailability of court resources.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of reimbursing the legal fees of claimants whose tribunal proceedings have been adjourned as a result of an unavailability of court resources.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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9 Oct 2024
Answer published
The management and listing of tribunal cases, and decisions on whether to reimburse the legal fees of a party in individual cases, are functions of the independent judiciary.Although orders for costs are not generally made in tribunal proceedings, tribun...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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