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| board of referees |
statement of facts |
definition |
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Summary:
The Board must state which facts led it to decide as it did. The Board, in writing a decision, should approach the task with a view to explaining to someone who was not at the hearing why it rejected some evidence but relied on other. As I cannot be certain on what facts it relied, decision quashed.
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| board of referees |
weight of statements |
from representative |
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Summary:
While it is not necessary for the claimant to give her explanation personally to the Board, the Board is entitled to give any such explanation greater weight if it is given to them directly by the claimant rather than filtered through the words of her lawyer.
