I find it hard to understand how the Tribunals Service could agree to this as the appellant has no idea how or why the test can be passed/failed. A lot was made some years ago when "decision making and appeals" reforms were brought in about giving full explanations to benefit claimants about why decisions were made. In truth, as difficult as it may be for some claimants to understand lengthy tracts of legislation, there is no other way (in my view) other than to detail exactly what the law says. It may be in an appendix to a submission, but I think it should always be there. Some submissions I have seen refer people to the local library to see the law used, which is a blatant cop out.
The submission (and here I look at it from the lay person's view) should be straightforward to understand, and could be written in simpler terms all round. However, there should still be the facility to actually see the law under which the case is being judged, so to speak, in the papers that will be used at the hearing
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