Venue
- For all types of MPTS hearings, the PA or AA will have received confirmation of the hearing venue in the notice of hearing sent by the MPTS.
- In AT hearings, the hearing venue will have been decided during the pre-hearing case management stage by the MPTS applying the guidance Deciding how to hold associates tribunal hearings, and both parties (the GMC and PA or AA) having had an opportunity to make submissions. Any request to change the hearing venue before the hearing starts will be decided by an MPTS case manager.
- If a party requests or an AT wishes to consider changing hearing venue during an associates tribunal (AT) hearing, the AT should consider the principles relating to changing hearing venue set out in the guidance Deciding how to hold associates tribunal hearings.
- Requests for an alternative hearing location (a venue other than the hearing being held virtually or at the MPTS hearing centre) must always be determined by an MPTS case manager who will apply the guidance Holding associates tribunal hearings at an alternative venue on an exceptional basis. Such requests cannot be decided by tribunals, even if they are raised during the hearing.