What are the special circumstances allowed for filing a late appeal?
The special circumstances are: • you have been seriously ill; • a close relative (your partner or someone dependent on you, like a child) has been seriously ill or has died; • you live outside the United kingdom; • there was a disruption of the postal services; or • there was some other exceptional reason which meant that you could not appeal within the time limit. The Appeals Service will look at the reasons you have given and decide whether or not to process your appeal. If the Appeals Service does not accept your reasons, your appeal will not go ahead. [Back to top] Appeals which have no prospect of success. The CSAs Central Appeals Unit may decide your appeal has no reasonable prospect of success because it is against something that is fixed in law. For example, an appeal about the percentage rate applied for one child could not succeed because this figure is set in law. This is known as a misconceived appeal. In these cases the CSAs Central Appeals Unit will prepare a short appeal
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