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The Upper Tribunal oral hearing of the appeal
The Upper Tribunal oral hearing of the appeal
I held an oral hearing of this appeal at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre on 20 June 2024. The Appellant was represented by Ms J Skander of Counsel, instructed by Irwin Mitchell, Solicitors. The Respondent, the Secretary of State for Defence, was represented by Mr W Hays of Counsel, instructed by the Government Legal Department on behalf of Veterans UK. I am grateful to both counsel for their oral and written submissions.
- Heading
- The decision of the Upper Tribunal is to dismiss the appeal. The decision of the First-tier Tribunal made on 25 April 2023 under case number AFCS/00735/2020 does not involve any material error of law
- The subject matter of this appeal to the Upper Tribunal
- A bare outline of the course of the appeal
- The Upper Tribunal oral hearing of the appeal
- A summary of the Upper Tribunal’s decision
- The factual background to this appeal
- Table 3 - Mental disorders(*)
- The consultant psychiatrist’s 2017 report
- The Secretary of State’s decision
- The First-tier Tribunal’s decision
- The Upper Tribunal’s grant of permission to appeal
- The test for permanence
- The Appellant’s grounds of appeal
- The Respondent’s response
- Analysis
- Ground 1
- Ground 2
- Ground 3
- Ground 4
- Conclusions