How long for appeal?

My friend has her renewel for dla lowerd and we sent a letter stating why we disagreed ask asked for an appeal, she got letter stating they had recived the letter asking to appeal and they where looking at all the information they had, it said please allow 11 weeks for further contact this was 4 weeks ago,

my question is how long can we expect to wait for the case to actualy be heard at tribunal?

Jox wrote:

My friend has her renewel for dla lowerd and we sent a letter stating why we disagreed ask asked for an appeal, she got letter stating they had recived the letter asking to appeal and they where looking at all the information they had, it said please allow 11 weeks for further contact this was 4 weeks ago,

my question is how long can we expect to wait for the case to actualy be heard at tribunal?

Hi,

It sounds like they are doing a reconsideration (which is part of the appeal process anyway). Did you send in a Form GL24 to ask for an appeal tribunal or just asked them to reconsider the claim?

Either way, once it hass been reconsidered you can still go onto appeal if still not satisfied with the outcome of the reconsideration, but send in a GL24 form, downloadable here:

www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/gl24dwp.pdf

Sadly it is more or less impossible to state how long both the reconsideration and/or appeal will take. As per the letter which is pretty standard if you havent heard anything in eleven weeks then ring them to chase it up.

Also if going to an appeal tribunal, it is best to obtain some face to face advice from Welfare Rights or CAB etc.

Pete

HI there,

My friend has hers on the 16th by which time she will have been waiting 17 months.

Can highly recommend the CAB.

Jude

17 months?!?! that is a riddiulous amount of time!

Hi Jox, It does seem a long time but due to the number of appeals etc, also i think it depends on what part of the country you live in has a lot to do with it. The thing is more people are winning on appeal with more or less what they either stated on their forms (usually supported with medical evidence) or what they stated at their Medical Examination. Best Wishes

i recently waited 11mth in glasgow in jan,went in with 0points,got 27,won,w.r.group,back up in aug for c.w.t failed again and now waiting on appeal which i,m sure will take months,but i feel it is better to appeal and wait good luck.