Hasan Kazi V Bradford MDC
Decision date: 6 June 2023
Neutral citation: [2023] UKUT 128 (LC)
Overall AI summary confidence: high
Short overview
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This appeal concerned whether the First-tier Tribunal lawfully refused an extension of time for Mr Kazi to appeal a financial penalty under the HMO management regulations. The Upper Tribunal held the FTT failed to engage with or give reasons for rejecting Mr Kazi’s explanation for delay (illness with Covid and age) and set aside the strike‑out, reinstating his underlying appeal for further directions.
Ratio decidendi
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A tribunal exercising its discretion to extend time must address and properly assess the appellant’s explanation for delay and give reasons if it rejects that explanation; a refusal expressed in generic terms without engagement with the provided explanation can be set aside for failure to take a relevant consideration into account or for inadequate reasoning.
Obiter dicta
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The judgment suggests that medical evidence can assist in explaining delay due to illness (though it may be hard to obtain) and that short delays corresponding to a period of illness may justify an extension; a tribunal should state whether lack of medical evidence influenced its decision.