WONDER INVESTMENTS LTD v WONDER INVESTMENTS LTD v DAVID JACKSON (VALUATION OFFICER)

Decision date: 26 November 2015

Neutral citation: [2015] UKUT 649 (LC)

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This appeal concerned Wonder Investments Ltd's challenge to the VTE Vice President's refusal to reinstate an appeal struck out for failure to serve a statement of case. The Upper Tribunal treated the appeal effectively as a rehearing for present purposes but found the appellant had not proved, on the balance of probabilities, that the statement of case had been posted or properly addressed. The Tribunal dismissed the appeal and refused reinstatement.

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An appeal under regulation 42 may, in appropriate circumstances, be treated as a rehearing, but the Upper Tribunal should exercise restraint before routinely interfering with VTE case-management decisions; where an appellant alleges postal compliance but gives no credible detail or corroboration, the Tribunal may conclude non-compliance on the balance of probabilities and decline reinstatement.

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The Tribunal observed that it is not statutorily bound to conduct appeals as complete rehearings and must regulate proceedings to achieve fairness and proportionality; appellate tribunals should generally show restraint and not interfere with case-management decisions unless plainly wrong or beyond the generous ambit of discretion.

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