Dismissal, adjournment or postponement
The tribunal can dismiss the case where the tribunal decides the applicant has not complied with any orders or co-operated with the tribunal so that it cannot properly deal with the case.
1Sch r27 FTTSHPC(P) Regs This could be for not providing evidence or information about the application on time.
It can also decide to adjourn or postpone the case, either on its own or on application from either party.
2Sch r28 FTTSHPC(P) RegsWhere a party applies for an adjournment or postponement of a hearing, they must:
•if practicable, notify all other parties of the application for an adjournment or postponement; and
•show good reason why an adjournment or postponement is necessary; and
•produce evidence of any fact or matter relied on in support of the application for an adjournment or postponement.
The tribunal can adjourn or postpone the hearing to give a party more time to produce evidence if it is satisfied:
3Sch r28(4) FTTSHPC(P) Regs•the evidence relates to a matter in dispute; and
•it is unjust to determine the case without the evidence; and
•where the party has failed to comply with directions for producing evidence, the party must have provided a satisfactory explanation for that failure.