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The oral hearing of the Upper Tribunal appeal
The oral hearing of the Upper Tribunal appeal
I held a remote oral hearing of this appeal on 22 February 2024, using the CVP platform. I am satisfied it was a fair and just way of proceeding. There were no technical hiccups or glitches. The Appellant ably represented himself. Mr David Blair, Advocate, appeared for the Respondent, the Secretary of State for Defence (in practice Veterans UK). I am grateful to both the Appellant and Mr Blair for their helpful and well-focussed submissions.
The Appellant has had two other recent appeals to the Upper Tribunal on other issues (GAM v Secretary of State for Defence (WP) [2024] UKUT 10 (AAC) and GM v Secretary of State for Defence (WP) [2024] UKUT 45 (AAC). Accordingly, and to avoid confusion, I direct that this decision is to be known as GAM v Secretary of State for Defence (No.3).
- Heading
- The oral hearing of the Upper Tribunal appeal
- A summary of the issue raised by this appeal
- The background to this appeal
- The chronology of this appeal
- The decision of the Pensions Appeal Tribunal (Scotland)
- The grant of permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal
- An outline of the parties’ submissions before the Upper Tribunal
- Discussion and analysis
- Conclusions