How may a hearing date in an administrative adjudication be changed, and how must the parties be told about it?
General information · Not legal advice
Material to check
In a practice file of this kind we read the petition for adjudication to see which telephone number, fax or email address it lists, any application by a party asking for a change of the hearing date, and the notice of hearing or change that the committee sent, noting its date and the method used.
These are types of material to look for, not evidence already verified by PRO SE.
Where readings differ
One reading holds that the committee may change the hearing date either on its own initiative or on a party's application, and once it has done so must inform the parties without delay of the fact and the reason, with the notice given in writing or by a convenient method such as text message, fax or email.
Another reading stresses the condition attached to those convenient methods: they use the telephone or mobile number, fax or email recorded in the petition, so a message sent to details never set out there falls outside the listed methods, and the provision does not say how long a party has to apply for a change or what reason the committee must find.
Your judgment
Where a party says no change notice reached them, what in the file could show which contact details the petition listed and which method the committee used?
PRO SE does not make this decision or keep a case record on this public site.When to reconsider
We look at this again if the provision is amended to add or remove a convenient notice method, or to set a time limit for applying to change the hearing date.