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Hi, my name is 100clive! pip result
i have recived my tribunal reasons for a negative result -- it is worded so I just don't understand it
is ther a way of getting someone who understands this stuff to explain it to me in plain language
thanks clive
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It would be a lot easier to explain with the SOR to read
CR
Welcome to our online comunity/website.
We have got some benefit advisors here on our website.
I will forward your post to them to see if they can help ??
Hi @BenefitsTrainingCo
Can you please offer me some help with this post ???
i just need someone to read the letter and make some sence of it I have read it several times and its full of contradictions its full of irrelevant info and its hiding the reason -- eg mr jones is hard of hearing --whats that got to do with my mobilerty -- I still say they are using the info from the pip assessor which is a lie on most parts
Without seeing it it is impossible to try. Do you want to post it on here for all to see ?
CR
Any complaint about the assessor should be made to their proffesional body, AP and or the DWP
CR
Another possibility is the plain English foundation
https://www.plainenglishfoundation.com/editing
CR
i thought this site was surposed to help people all I seem to get is go somewhere else try these or them
Sorry, we're doing the best we can to find a way to help you. Our helpline is very busy, so it can be hard to get through.
@Debbie_Scope any ideas?
Without seeing the document, nobody can explain it in plain english for you. Please let us know how we can help you with this
CR
is there a solicitor I can go and see that's not to expencive I need this sorting I am running out of time I only got 3 weeks left to get a request for a upper tribunal in
all the problems I am having was caused by the assessor who lied and changed my answers to suit them
Sorry you've not been able to get through to the helpline this week.
There is Birmingham Law Centre and they can help with Upper Tribunal appeals. Legal Aid might be available for this type of appeal but BLC will confirm this. See their information about Upper Tribunal appeals.
I hope that you can understand that this is a very complex area of law and requires legally qualified advice. Welfare Benefits advice was completely removed from legal aid back in 2013 so it's really hard getting free legal advice. The places which offer it, are usually inundated. This is completely out of our control and advice services up and down the country are under enormous pressure, I can't stress this enough. What's great about this community is how we all come together and try to help. We don't always have the answers but the support and a kind word is always on offer. I understand how frustrated you are about your situation and we feel for you and will try to help you as best we can.
If you're not able to get help from Birmingham Law Centre or anywhere else, I would be willing to go through your letter with you and see if I can help explain why the tribunal made their decision. As CR has stated, the tribunal looks at how you fulfil the criteria and ensures the correct laws have been applied. They are independent so will have studied all of the evidence very carefully before reaching their decision. That's not to say you don't have a case but without seeing what the letter says and how they reached their decision, it's impossible to advise.
You can contact me directly at the helpline by emailing [email protected], mark your email for me and it will be forwarded to me. I can arrange to call you and we can talk it through.
Best wishes
Debbie
You could make an appointment to see your MP at their surgery and ask them to explain the letter's contents to you.