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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-immigration-and-asylum-chamber-rules-2014/article-25",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2604",
  "legislation_title": "The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tribunal-procedure-first-tier-tribunal-immigration-and-asylum-chamber-rules-2014",
  "path": "article/25",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Consideration of decision with or without a hearing",
  "text": "(1) The Tribunal must hold a hearing before making a decision which disposes of proceedings except where—\n(a) each party has consented to, or has not objected to, the matter being decided without a hearing;\n(b) the appellant has not consented to the appeal being determined without a hearing but the Lord Chancellor has refused to issue a certificate of fee satisfaction for the fee payable for a hearing;\n(c) the appellant is outside the United Kingdom and does not have a representative who has an address for service in the United Kingdom;\n(d) it is impracticable to give the appellant notice of the hearing;\n(e) a party has failed to comply with a provision of these Rules, a practice direction or a direction and the Tribunal is satisfied that in all the circumstances, including the extent of the failure and any reasons for it, it is appropriate to determine the appeal without a hearing;\n(f) the appeal is one to which rule 16(2) or 18(2) applies; or\n(g) subject to paragraph (2), the Tribunal considers that it can justly determine the matter without a hearing.\n(2) Where paragraph (1)(g) applies, the Tribunal must not make the decision without a hearing without first giving the parties notice of its intention to do so, and an opportunity to make written representations as to whether there should be a hearing.\n(3) This rule does not apply to decisions under Part 4 or Part 5.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2604/article/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:01:12.022384+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}