Guidance and Appeals Panel

The Guidance and Appeals Panel is an important part of the Tribunal. It provides a way to escalate issues and ensure the quality of Tribunal decisions.

The Guidance and Appeals Panel can decide cases about issues that may have a wide impact on administrative decision-making. When an independent decision-maker looks again at a government decision to decide if it is the correct decision or if a different decision should be made. It can also decide cases where a Tribunal decision has been made and may contain a mistake affecting the outcome of our original review.