Appeals process - timing of receiving school / LEA case

[Eclipse10]

Hi all, I already have one appeals hearing under my belt (2nd choice school) and awaiting the outcome... I also have another appeal for our 1st choice school (hearing date yet to be set). It was hard work preparing for my first appeal as I was not given the requested info on net capacity, historic rolls etc. I spent a lot of time researched and managed to cobble together the evidence myself. The case I received from the LEA/school was only 24hrs before my own deadline to submit and had very little data in it.

I am now looking ahead to the next appeal. I can reuse some of what I have already prepared for the first one and again requested more data to plug the gaps but have sourced a lot of data myself to try and pre-empt what their case may cover.

My question is - are there any rules about how long they should provide between receiving their case and my deadline for submitting evidence? For my first appeal they sent their case file on Tues 18th April, my deadline was Wed 19th 5pm and the hearing was Tues 25th April. Is this normal, can I expect the same with my next hearing? I couldn't see any specific in the code - it only provides a specific time period for notice of the hearing date and the submission of my own evidence?

The deadline for all evidence will be the same for both parties. Why shouldn't it be? If you get it sooner than the deadline then that's a bonus. The purpose of the deadline is so that the administration can be done in good time for the appeal, not so that you can pull each other's evidence apart in a tit-for-tat. Save that for the appeal hearing if you feel the need to deconstruct.

The answer to your question is no. The only requirement is that the clerk must send all the papers a reasonable time before the hearing.

Thank you both for clarifying. I'll crack on with building my case on the basis of pre-empting theirs then.