South Bucks DC v Port
(No 2) [2004] 1 WLR 1953 ) and we merely summarise some fundamental principles. 23. A n allegation that reasons a re inadequate cannot normally get off th e ground unless the appellant can show firstly that the mat ter to which the complaint relate s was raised in the proceed ings before the First Tier Tribunal as a substantial issue between the parties for the judge to determine . If the matter was not a substantial issue , or a “ principal important controversial issue ” , th en generally it cannot fall within the ambit of t he duty to give reasons in that case . There is no obligatio n on a Tribunal to deal with each and ever y point which has been raised in an appeal process . 24. But secondly, even if the matter relates to a substantial issue or principal controversial issue , it is essential for an a ppellant to show either that the judge has simply failed to resolve that dispute , in other words there is a gap in the reasoning on that point , or alternatively, that even though the issue has been dealt wit h, the reasoning is so unclear that the Tribunal is satisfied that it may well conceal a public law ground of challenge (see eg