Case management hearings usually take place by telephone.
A case management hearing with the legal member and both parties will normally be arranged shortly after the end of the case statement period to discuss how the hearing will proceed, confirm what witnesses are to be called and to agree a running order.
It is also an opportunity for parties to clarify any preliminary issues prior to the full hearing. Parties should consider if they intend to call witnesses. Parties or their representatives are expected to know the availability of all witnesses and to identify possible hearing dates.
The legal member will normally fix the hearing date(s) at the case management hearing. Once fixed, the hearing date will only be changed in exceptional circumstances.
The President has issued Guidance to Tribunal Members No 06/2018* (revised May 2025) to clarify the purpose of the case management hearing and the procedures to be employed by the legal member.
*The revised Guidance on the Case Management Hearing uses the new naming convention and replaces the former naming convention (case management calls). This has been updated to include more information at Appendices A and B and to add a new Appendix C which sets out a style timetable for the productions of various documents in advance of the substantive hearing.
