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<p>Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunal Service has assessed the impact on all its customers
of hearings being cancelled, and has listened to the views of users at recent user
groups.</p><p> </p><p>To mitigate this, the SEND Tribunal has increased the number
of administrative staff, legal advisers and judges to reduce the number of cases which
are postponed after they have been listed for hearing and is recruiting additional
judges.</p><p> </p><p>SEND Tribunals are free to access and use, but where appellants
have incurred and can evidence financial loss as a consequence of the postponement
of a hearing they may apply for a compensatory payment. Each application for an ex-gratia
payment is treated on its own merits.</p>
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