Disputes Tribunal Act 1988

Proceedings of Tribunal - Claims

26: Parties

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"Who is involved in a Disputes Tribunal claim"

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You are part of a claim at the Disputes Tribunal. The people involved are the applicant, the respondent, and anyone who got a notice about the claim under section 25(1)(b)(ii) or section 25(2). You will all be part of the proceedings. The Tribunal can remove someone's name from the proceedings if they think that person should not be involved. The Tribunal makes decisions about who should be part of the claim. It can order someone's name to be removed at any time. This happens when the Tribunal thinks someone was added incorrectly.

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25: Notice of claim and of hearing, or

"Telling people about a claim and a hearing"

27: Minors, or

"Young people under 18 in the Disputes Tribunal"

Part 3Proceedings of Tribunal
Claims

26Parties

Subject to subsection (2), the applicant, the respondent, and every person to whom notice of a claim has been given under section 25(1)(b)(ii) or section 25(2) shall be the parties to the proceedings on that claim.
The Tribunal may, at any time, order that the name of a person who appears to it to have been improperly joined as a party be struck out from the proceedings.

Notes

Section 26(2): amended, on 1 March 2017, by section 261 of the District Court Act 2016 (2016 No 49).