Section 2 — Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007: Senior President of Tribunals

Senior President of Tribunals 2 1 Her Majesty may, on the recommendation of the Lord Chancellor, appoint a person to the office of Senior President of Tribunals.

2 Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Senior President of Tribunals and about recommendations for appointment under subsection (1).

3 A holder of the office of Senior President of Tribunals must, in carrying out the functions of that office, have regard to—

a the need for tribunals to be accessible, b the need for proceedings before tribunals—

i to be fair, and ii to be handled quickly and efficiently, c the need for members of tribunals to be experts in the subject-matter of, or the law to be applied in, cases in which they decide matters, and d the need to develop innovative methods of resolving disputes that are of a type that may be brought before tribunals.

4 In subsection (3) “ tribunals ” means—

a the First-tier Tribunal, b the Upper Tribunal, c employment tribunals, and d the Employment Appeal Tribunal, . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .