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IB-JSA
Good morning, hope all is well Well, I have a client who is working 10 hours per week her husband is working 16 hours. She claims IBJSA but it f
cathmac30-Oct-09 08:23 AM
by cathmac
2433
A2 - R2R
My client is a Romanian national and has lived in the UK since 12/10/07. The client's brother has been in the UK since 2000 but had no vaild immigr
cliff26-Oct-09 08:09 AM
by cliff
3499
Baumbast Again!
A slightly different take on it though. A recent case with Baumbast tastes fell foul of a recent CA judgement, namely Ali vs Secretary of State for
Dan_manville20-Oct-09 03:49 PM
by shawn
607680
R(SB) 20/84 and R(SB) 24/97
Hi, Does anyone have copies of the above? Sue
suewelsh16-Oct-09 03:32 PM0269
member of family
Hope someone can help with this seemingly simple query. I work with young people who are in or leaving care. When we have a 16/17 y.o lone parent, w
dmbc16-Oct-09 12:01 PM
by dmbc
5585
Help with CD, thanks.
Hey Does anyone know of a commissioners decision, which I cannot recall, that states even a days delay in claiming benefit can be fatal to regulat
roecab314-Oct-09 08:43 AM
by roecab3
8465
Advance claims
Back in January 2008 Nevip quoted the DWP Decision Maker's Guide on advance claims, which I printed off as I thought it might come in useful. Well,
irene13-Oct-09 02:39 PM
by Antonina
3445
CMS system dosent recognise claims
Hi I work at Great Ormond Strret hospital, all of my clients have sick or disabled children Does anyone have any suggestions as how to change
nickgosh13-Oct-09 01:09 PM
by Semitone
141069
Disregard of direct payments from LAs
I'm having some difficulty finding the disregards for income and capital that used to exist at paragraph 58 of Schedule 9, and paragraph 67 of Schedul
sovietleader13-Oct-09 08:37 AM
by sovietleader
1334
Help Mortage Interest Payments
Either I've been a sleep for too long or totally missed something. Either way I dont have many dealings with MIP disputes and not come across this one
darlocab12-Oct-09 02:40 PM
by Gareth Morgan
10772
new housing costs
If anyone has written an easy guide to the new housing costs rule a copy would be very much appreciated... I cannot get to grips with it, don't tru
Tony Bowman06-Oct-09 03:09 PM
by Tony Bowman
41050
DWP incomptence
Here's one I heard for the first time yesterday. Accord ing to the IS staff at Canterbury BDC, lone parents claiming IS now have three waiting days.
Tony Bowman05-Oct-09 11:22 AM
by johnwilson
1636
training for work for people on JSA
as a follow on from tony's post about incompetence (shawn, if you think this should be in policy or other benefit issues, by all means move it) A f
clairehodgson02-Oct-09 06:09 AM0349
JSA and Supply teaching
Would be very grateful for any help with this. Client is a supply teacher who claimed JSA on 24th July. Schools have returned but as yet he has still
robm29-Sep-09 04:50 PM
by nevip
3566
Interest payments.
Hi, we understand that clients can get DWP interest payment on qualifying works on a property, but does anyone know if this has to be in the form of a
john dulwich25-Sep-09 05:08 PM
by stevegale
2347
mother + baby fostering placements
Our CYPD is, for whatever reasons, placing a number of families, usually mother and baby(ies), in foster placements. The baby is a formal S.23(2)(a) C
Dolge23-Sep-09 11:08 AM
by suelees
3598
Refused JSA
Good afternoon everybody, I have client who worked 70 hours a week by mutual agreement with his employer. He felt he was burning out because of
cathmac16-Sep-09 01:10 PM
by John Birks
21022
Joint claIm for JSA
JCP are insisting that my client makes a joint claim for JSA with his wife. Their youngest child is aged 14 and they get CB for him. CPAG book says no
pclc16-Sep-09 11:49 AM0331
JSA Sanctions after dismissal for Gross Misconduct
Hello, I have a client who has been dismissed for Gross Misconduct and is awaiting an Employment Tribunal Hearing. The DWP have stopped her JSA and
coldbather16-Sep-09 08:25 AM
by darlocab
3886
Any possibility of client getting IS?
Hope someone can think of a way I an get my client onto benefits, she has failed medical and ESA stopped, have appealed this but her main condition i
DRN11-Sep-09 12:25 PM
by Rob_Price
1589
CJSA/4490/1999
Hi guys CPAG quotes this case in backdateing page 993. does anyone have a copy of this decision as its not in toolkit of the commissioners site?
Phil Wiley10-Sep-09 08:34 AM0265
R v Caerphilly CBC HBRB ex parte Jones, 1 Feb 1999
p926 CPAG refers to R v Caerphilly CBC HBRB ex parte Jones, 1 Feb 1999, unreported as a HB case where the court decided there was no evidence of inten
craigavon09-Sep-09 01:34 PM
by craigavon
2390
Returning to the UK & Habitual Residence
I have a client who left the UK to get married in Turkey to a Turkish man in September 2008. Client returned to the UK June 2009 alone but not separat
padster09-Sep-09 08:04 AM
by padster
2544
payment of j.s.a while appealing a cohabiting decision ...
a good day all to all :) i have a couple who were both claiming j.s.a as single claimants. an unfavourable cohabiting decision was made and both h
Sayo04-Sep-09 08:42 AM
by Tony Bowman
1410
Telephone claim for Incapacity related benefits
A client informed me that he made a phone claim for benefit based on his Incapacity for work in April 2008. He was awarded Incapacity Credits as he h
Sam Warburton02-Sep-09 12:34 PM0349
Claiming Income support as a carer pending review of DLA care componant
Oh Hellow there, can anyone provide assisatanc eon this one before I blow my top ! Client is caring for her uncle who recieves DLA high rate
darlocab01-Sep-09 01:57 PM
by nickgosh
91291
Means-tested benefits and overpaid WTC
I think this will already have been covered previously. If WTC payments which continue in error are taken into account as income on an IS/ibJSA/irESA
Peter Newton01-Sep-09 10:35 AM
by Antonina
2481
Looking for a Comms decision
Can anybody help here? I am looking for an old decision,which I believe to be by Comm Jacobs. The essence of the case is that ; Once income ha
neil-law30-Aug-09 11:00 PM
by Essie
1406
insufficient jobsearch, bad advice and the law
My client has done 'insufficient jobsearch' (less than 'three steps') during one week and was disentitled to JSA for a fortnight. However, due to
giuseppina20-Aug-09 08:11 PM
by giuseppina
2962
this is a long shot but ...
... i have a colleague (honestly !) who is assisting a cl. with an appeal against a decision that they had capital in excess of £16.000.00 and the sit
Sayo18-Aug-09 12:20 PM
by Gareth Morgan
5831