WONDER INVESTMENTS LTD v DAVID JACKSON (VALUATION OFFICER)

Decision date: 15 June 2015

Neutral citation: [2015] UKUT 335 (LC)

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Short overview

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Wonder Investments appealed to the Upper Tribunal after the VTE Vice‑President refused to reinstate an appeal that had been struck out for failure to serve a statement of case. The Upper Tribunal held that the Vice‑President's refusal under regulation 10(5) was a "decision given on an appeal" within regulation 42, that the appellant fell within regulation 42(2)(a) as having made written representations, and dismissed the Valuation Officer's strike‑out application, allowing further procedural steps or an oral hearing to be requested.

Ratio decidendi

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The decision establishes that a VTE decision refusing reinstatement of an appeal under reg 10(5) of the 2009 Regulations counts as a "decision given on an appeal" for the purposes of reg 42, and that an appellant who made written representations in an appeal disposed of by written representations falls within reg 42(2)(a) and thus has a right of appeal to the Upper Tribunal.

Obiter dicta

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The judgment indicates it may be inappropriate for the Upper Tribunal to allow an appellant to bypass VTE case‑management procedures by treating an original statement of case as standing for the substantive first‑instance appeal, and that appellate tribunals should be cautious about disturbing VTE case‑management findings, particularly factual findings about compliance with directions.

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