Civil Service Appeal Board
Last updated: 27 November 2008
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The hearing is informal. The Department/Agency’s representatives should bring with them all relevant papers relating to the appellant, including any that are held locally. The Chair will begin by outlining the Board’s procedures. Then the appellant or their representative will be invited to make a brief statement (up to a maximum of 15 minutes) before the Board puts any questions to them. The Department/Agency will then have up to 15 minutes to state their case, including any comments they may have on the written and oral statements made by the appellant or his representative. Questions will then be put to the Department/Agency by the Board.
Once this is over the appellant and his/her representative will be invited to sum up their case. When the hearing is over, all parties will be asked to leave.
If, on the day of the hearing, the appellant does not arrive within 30 minutes after the time the hearing was scheduled to start and the Board have been given no indication of delay or the reason for non-attendance, the hearing will proceed as a paperboard.
You may wish to note that you will not be able to ask the appellant or their representative questions during the hearing. Nor will they be able to ask you questions. No witnesses can be called and the Board does not consider visual or audio evidence (e.g. video recordings).
On the day of the hearing it is essential that representatives arrive on time as all parties are thoroughly briefed before the hearing begins. In order to do this and to prevent the start of the hearing being delayed we require you to arrive 45 minutes before the start of the hearing. The appellant will be asked during their briefing the remedy that they are seeking and you will be told the chosen remedy during your briefing.