Going to Tribunal

COOLA

Hi

Has anyone been to a tribunal before? I have no idea what will be asked of me and whether I should bring along a representative or not? If so is it best to bring a family member or employ a solicitor or CSA Solutions( which I can't really afford but could manage to save the money if it will help my case)?

Brief background............... Am PWC, 2 children. Split with partner a year ago, after months of calling CSA and their computer problems now receiving £30 per month. I appealed, father owns two sucessful companies, won appeal based on diviends and am now meant to be receiving £600 per month but he refuses to pay and has also appealed.

Any advise on tribunals would be great, thanks.

kelloggs36

Why has he appealled? Against the appeal? A tribunal is quite informal and is nothing to be afraid of. You can take a friend with you if you like. You don't need a solicitor or anything. The chairperson will ask questions for you to answer and he/she will ask the NRP to provide evidence of things if they feel they need it. Don't worry. You will get copies of all correspondence relevant to the case so that you can comment.

COOLA

Thanks for reply.

His solicitor and accountant have written to the CSA appeals department saying that he has not received any dividens at all, although the company records show that he did and the CSA also have done their own checks and also say that he did received the dividends.

He is appealing on the appeal decision and I am also appealing on life style inconsistant. It's all very complicated.

As he has employed a solicitor and I have not I am worried that he can worm his way out of it.

kelloggs36

I would be interested to see if he can prove that he didn't get dividends when the accounts show otherwise!!!

NACSA_CHAIR

As Kelloggs said - appeals are quite informal, so just make sure you are fully prepared with the evidence that you will be relying on and you shouldnt find it too daunting. the chair will want to investigate thoroughly as to whether there is anything suspicious about his declaration of dividends, so present your evidence and allow the chair to question as he needs to.