Cases will not always be rescheduled even for genuine illness

The following two cases show tribunals taking an increasingly tough line in relation to case management where adjournments are requested, even for genuine illness. The first case is an example of long-term illness — depression, and the second case involved a claimant who suffered from a short-term, time-limited illness — a respiratory infection, that coincided with the dates scheduled for his hearing. In both cases, an adjournment was refused despite medical evidence showing that the illness was genuine.