Withdrawing or deciding to stop an appeal

The individual can withdraw part of an appeal or the entire appeal by either:

• sending or delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the First-tier Tribunal
• saying so at a hearing.

The individual or Social Security Scotland can apply to restart a withdrawn case when they can satisfy the First-tier Tribunal that they have good reason for restarting it. The application to restart a case must be made within 31 days of earlier of these two dates:

• the date on which the party who applies to restart the case is presumed to have received the notification that the case had been withdrawn
• the day of the hearing when the case was withdrawn orally if the party who applies to restart the case was present.