Rule 24 Failure to attend an appeal hearingI1

If a party fails to attend or be represented at any hearing the Tribunal must adjourn the hearing unless paragraph (2) applies.

The Tribunal may proceed with the hearing and reach a substantive decision if the Tribunal is satisfied that the party received notification of the hearing and no good reason has been given for the party’s absence.

Where a party can subsequently show sufficient reason for not attending or being represented at a hearing which the Tribunal proceeded in the party’s absence, that party may request the Tribunal’s permission to have the hearing re-opened.