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Case law
Grounds for appeal
An appeal to a Commissioner will only succeed if there is an 'error of law' in the tribunal decision. The following cases give guidance about the different kinds of errors of law that a tribunal might make.
R(A) 1/72
Sets out an extensive list of grounds upon which an appeal to a Commissioner may lie for error of law.
R(I) 5/94 - Evans & Kitchen v Secretary of State for Social Security CA
Reasons for decision - whether medical appeal tribunal obliged to explain its rejection of views of other medical experts.
R(M) 6/86 - Baron v Kitchen v Secretary of State for Social Services CA
Extent of a tribunal's obligation to give reasons for rejecting an appeal.
R(M) 1/96
Renewal claim - whether reasons for decision were adequate.
R(I) 2/88 – Saker v Secretary of State for Social Services
Whether there are grounds sufficient to allow a review to be initiated.
Appeal from decisions of medical appeal tribunal on a question of law 
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R v Gough [1993] AC 646, [1993] 2 All ER 724 HL: test of bias
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Index to legal abbreviations 
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Locabail (UK) Ltd v Bayfield Properties Ltd [2000] QB 451 CA 
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Would the reasonable man, with knowledge of the relevant circumstances and adopting a broad approach, consider there was a real danger of bias by the court or tribunal.
R(S) 1/94
Reliance on specialist knowledge of tribunal member not disclosed to the parties - whether breach of the rules of natural justice.
