SEND tribunal: if you're asked to be a witness
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What witnesses need to do in special educational needs appeals and disability discrimination claims hearings. Includes rules for summonsed and expert witnesses.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
What witnesses need to do in special educational needs appeals and disability discrimination claims hearings. Includes rules for summonsed and expert witnesses. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Your role as a witness
- Claiming expenses
- Travel expenses
- Loss of earnings
- If you get a witness summons
- Who can be an expert witness
- Being asked to be an expert witness
- Expert witnesses: gathering and presenting evidence
- Expert witnesses: sharing evidence
- Expert witnesses: writing reports
- Find out more about the SEND Tribunal
Source and licence
HM Courts & Tribunals Service
AttributionHM Courts & Tribunals Service, ‘SEND tribunal: if you're asked to be a witness’ (updated 29 July 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026