Well it is Friday afternoon, so thought I'd share this discussion which a colleague had with her 7 year old daughter yesterday morning:

Daughter: Why are you dressed so smartly?

Adviser: I've got to go to a tribunal.

D: What's that?

A: Well, its somewhere I go to try to get more money for people.

D: So it's a bit like 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?', then.

Yes, except you don't get to phone a friend or ask the audience...

An awful lot of decisions are made on a 50/50 basis though, I reckon.

And it is Monday morning here and we are busy, and a worker is discussing with a client on the phone about an upcoming appeal.

"Don't let them intimidate you".

We have a huge legacy of appalling experiences at Tribunals - Basildon, East Ham anyone?

Is anyone collecting horror stories to be formally presented somewhere to ensure this awful practice is got rid of for ever?

Clive Durdle
Director
Redbridge Disability Association
clivedurdle@reda-info.co.uk