ERROR OF LAW HEARING
8 . At the start of the hearing, counsel for the Appellant applied under regulation 15(2A) of The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, as amended, to rely upon the further evidence contained in her Supplementary Bundle. This had been submitted to the Upper Tribunal on 18 June 2018 along with a covering letter stating that she wished to rely upon it. Therefore, I find that the Appellant had given notice to the Upper Tribunal of the new material, as required by regulation 15(2A)(a). The Home Office Presenting Officer had read the documents in the Supplementary Bundle and took no objection to them being admitted. Furthermore, in her supplementary statement the Appellant explained that she had become pregnant after her last hearing before the First-tier Tribunal and it can be inferred from this statement that the material contained in the Supplementary Bundle could not have been in existence at the time of her last hearing before a First-tier Tribunal Judge. Consequently, I find that there was no unreasonable delay in submitting this evidence. 9. When exercising my discretion to admit the Supplementary Bundle, I have also taken into account the fact that when Dr Storey, a Judge of the Upper Tribunal, found that there had been an error of law in First-tier Tribunal Judge Andrew’s decision and set it aside, he did not preserve any of the findings made in the First-tier Tribunal. Therefore, the appeal comes before me de novo .
