Presidential Guidance from the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber: note on taking evidence from abroad

War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber (First-Tier Tribunal)Practice Guidance

Taking oral evidence via video or telephone link from Overseas States

This guidance is issued in the light of the Upper Tribunal decision in Agbabiaka (evidence from abroad; Nare guidance) [2021] UKUT 286 (IAC) concerning the procedure to be followed when a party to a case wishes to rely upon oral evidence given by video or telephone by a person (including the party themselves) who is in the territory of a Nation State other than the United Kingdom. This guidance is issued for the benefit of judges and parties in the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber.

Judge Fiona Monk
Chamber President
WPAFCC

July 2022