CPAG webinar on managing delays in Scottish Benefit Appeals
CPAG in Scotland share details of a webinar on Thursday 26th November which explores how to manage appeal delays in the Scottish Social Security system.
Webinar: A long and winding road - managing delays in Scottish benefit appeals
Date: Thursday 26 November 1-3.30pm
Location: Online
Registration: Book your place
A charge applies for session
Advisers in Scotland handling adult disability payment appeals will know that it often takes well over a year for the appeal to be heard. Such long delays mean you may be advising about making a new claim and dealing with a closed period at the appeal. It also makes it all the more important to avoid postponements and adjournments that prolong delays.
This webinar draws on real cases from our advice line and looks at how to advise when your client’s condition gets worse while waiting for an appeal. It considers how to handle the appeal when there is a closed period (an end date caused by a new decision). It explains how you can avoid further delays by including in your submission detail about when the award should start and stop. It also takes a look at situations that in practice lead tribunals to adjourn or clients to need a postponement.
The webinar is hosted by Henri Krishna and led by CPAG in Scotland welfare rights experts.
Liam Casey is a welfare rights adviser at CPAG in Scotland, an author of the Welfare Benefits Handbook and trainer on Scottish benefit appeals
Moira Escreet is a welfare rights adviser at CPAG in Scotland, working on the Disabled Children and Families service, an author of the Welfare Benefits Handbook and trainer on challenging Scottish benefit decisions
Jon Shaw is a welfare rights adviser at CPAG in Scotland, and an author of the Welfare Benefits Handbook
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