View source for CB v SSWP (2020) UKUT 15 (AAC)

{{Case
|Date=2020/01/09
|NCN=[2020] UKUT 15 (AAC)
|Court=Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
|Judges=Wikeley
|Parties=CB, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
|Sentence=All-male and all-female panels
|Summary=(1) It was unlawful of the tribunal to hear the ESA appeal in the applicant's absence; the decision was set aside and the case remitted to a new panel. (2) The judgment contains obiter comments about the request for an all-female panel.
|Detail===Thanks==
Thanks to Angela Wall of Butler Solicitors for pointing out this case. She recently had a case in which several requests for an all-female panel were declined, but on review the MHT cited this UT decision and accepted that an all-female panel was required in order for the patient fully to participate in the hearing. 

==Judicial summary==
From Gov.uk website:

Employment Support Allowance - tribunal deciding to proceed in absence of appellant - appellant with gynaecological problems and difficulties with bowel movements requesting all-female First-tier Tribunal panel - principles governing composition of tribunal - overriding objective.
|External links=*[https://www.gov.uk/administrative-appeals-tribunal-decisions/cb-v-secretary-of-state-for-work-and-pensions-esa-2020-ukut-15-aac Judgment on Gov.uk website]
|Subject=Miscellaneous cases
|News=Yes
|RSS pubdate=2020/04/14 02:40:40 PM
}}