Full rollout of new platform to publish all First-tier Tribunal (IAC) judgments expected within months
Plans are well under way to make all decisions of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal (FtTIAC) publicly available, the latest annual report by the Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, published on Wednesday has said revealed.
The project is being led by the Transparency and Open Justice Board, which was established in April 2024 to ensure that the work of the courts and tribunals remains open and accessible to everyone.
The Lady Chief Justice's latest annual report states: "Work on publishing judgments from the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) has moved from setting principles to planning how it will work in practice. In partnership with HMCTS, the Board is reviewing the best platforms and processes to make all judgments publicly available. As an interim step, a request process for media organisations was introduced in summer 2025. A scoping exercise to guide the full rollout of judgment publication is expected to finish within the next three to six months."
Currently, judgments of the FtTIAC are not routinely published, but members of the public and the media can apply to the tribunal to request a copy of a judgment in a specific case.
The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) operates 83 dedicated hearing rooms across the UK, supplemented by shared courtrooms in other jurisdictions. In 2024–25 it received 79,000 cases, a 36% increase on the previous year, while disposals rose by 4% to 41,000. Over the same period, the tribunal's open caseload grew significantly by 80% to 90,000.