Presidential Guidance & Practice Directions
The President of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland has issued guidance and Standing Directions on a number of issues relating to the Tribunal.
Presidential Guidance
Guidance 1: on the issue of CD Rom of Tribunal Hearing - Guidance 2: to Parties, Representatives and Witnesses
- Guidance 3: for Supporters
- Guidance 4: on postponement and setting hearing dates
- Guidance 5: on suspensions
- Guidance 6: on the role of Education Authority party and supporter
- Guidance 7: on preliminary procedure and introductions
- Guidance 8: to Conveners and Members on visits from Administrative Justice for Tribunals Council
- Guidance 11: Confidentiality of Tribunal Decisions
- Guidance 13: Hearings with no Case Officer available
Practice Directions
- Direction 1: Potential conflict of interest
- Direction 2: Conference calls for pre-hearing directions
- Direction 5: Hearing from the child or young person
- Direction 9: Witness citations
- Direction 10: Recovery of documents
- Direction 11: Consolidation of references
- Direction 12: Adjournments
- Direction 13: Confidentiality of Tribunal decisions
- Direction 16: Data protection and the handling of Tribunal papers
- Direction 17: Mentoring and appraisal
- Direction 18: Judicial complaints
- Direction 19: The use of live text-based forms of Communication