First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal

The Tribunals system

The Tribunals system is a dispute resolution service which supports, and is part of, the broader court system. It is administered by HM Courts and Tribunals Service and is governed by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (TCEA 2007). TCEA 2007, Pt 1 created a two-tier system, consisting of the First-tier Tribunals and the Upper Tribunals.

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)

The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) (FTT) consists of judges and other members. A judge may be appointed to the FTT or may be transferred-in (for example, if a function was previously performed by another body over which the FTT now has jurisdiction, and they were previously a member of that body, such as the rent assessment committee and the Adjudicator to HM Land Registry). Judges of the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) (UT) are automatically deemed to be judges of the FTT.

The Property Chamber is one of seven chambers of the FTT and is organised into three divisions:

1. •

   Residential Property;

2. •

   Agricultural Land and Drainage; and

3. •

   Land registration

The FTT’s jurisdiction derives from TCEA 2007.

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