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Compensation for incorrect advice - is it worth pursuin...
My client gave up his job in 1999, because the job involved driving and his eyesight deteriorated so he could no longer drive. At that time he went t | ebgold | 19-Apr-04 07:57 AM
by Andrew_Fisher | 5 | 739 |
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Self Employment and Permitted Work
I don't know if anyone can help; I work for an European Social Fund project helping people in a rural part of Cornwall into work. Many of our clients | stevehaz | 16-Apr-04 02:49 PM | 0 | 523 |
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Can SOS waive IB50 and then order medical?
Wonder if anyone has come across this before.
Client has been refused IB following PCA medical examination. Client reports that he wasn't sent IB50 | Brian GIC | 15-Apr-04 10:38 AM
by Steve | 3 | 890 |
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Reg 27 and undiagnosed conditions
My client was thought to have a heart condition and was taking lots of cardiac medication. Then the tests showed negative. So he has considerable br | Andrew_Fisher | 13-Apr-04 11:18 AM
by jean | 5 | 909 |
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Incapacity Benefit - Claimants own evidence from IB50 form
I am representing a client at an incapacity appeal. The client completed his IB50 form himself. He has had a previous award of incapacity benefit. | Kevin | 08-Apr-04 03:02 PM
by Kevin | 4 | 1398 |
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PCA assessments.
I have a client who has received IB since July 2003 and suffers from COPD , emphysema and possibly asthma. His PCA was returned with not enough points | wba | 08-Apr-04 10:57 AM
by wba | 3 | 767 |
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PCA & Leaning disability
What tack do other advisers take when the claimant has a learning disability and has to complete a PCA? Some of teh questions are relevant but are in | carol | 29-Mar-04 01:39 PM
by carol | 7 | 724 |
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Reg. 28 IFW regs. What counts as the 'determination'?
Forgive me, I'm feeling particularly dense this morning.
Specific aly I'm asking about reg 28(2)(b) which provides that a claimant should not be tre | Steve Lee | 26-Mar-04 01:35 PM
by Andrew_Fisher | 4 | 598 |
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Good cause for not attending a medical
I currently have a client who did not attend her medical because of he mental health. She has problems detailing with her post and has to wait for som | mairead | 25-Mar-04 11:12 AM
by Steve | 8 | 1231 |
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Permitted Work (higher limit)
I have been assisting a client on IB, who works every other week and earns £25 for that week. Does the 26 week period include the weeks when he doesn | Sarah28 | 23-Mar-04 10:12 AM
by suewelsh | 1 | 764 |
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Previous PCA reports
A client has recently failed a PCA - awarded 0 points. He had undergone a previous PCA 2002 where he was awarded 6 points, IB was reinstated after fu | brg | 21-Mar-04 12:20 PM
by chris orr | 2 | 892 |
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length of BAMS Doctor's assessments
I have had a number of DWP Submission papers through recently, where the BAMS Doctor has recorded the length of the assessment (even when assessing bo | kilburncab | 18-Mar-04 03:15 PM
by northwiltshire | 2 | 785 |
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IS Reg 6 (4) - 75% rule for disabled workers
Does anyone know of any Commissioners Decisions on this reg - urgently needed | chrisatkcc | 17-Mar-04 02:15 PM | 0 | 536 |
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Jobseekers Allowance and the Disability Premium
Looking for some guidance.
I applied for incapacity benefit for a client of mine, we obtained a 12 month backdated medical certificate from the G.P. | willie sinclair | 17-Mar-04 12:26 PM | 0 | 713 |
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PCAs and the LiMA software pilot
For the latest on PCAs and the LiMA software pilot see Maria Eagle's written response to a parliamentary question in [a href="http://www.pub lications. | jean | 16-Mar-04 03:45 PM
by phil | 8 | 1238 |
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Incapacity for Work
Can the condition of sleep apnoea score under the altered, or lost consciousness descriptor of the PCA-or does this descriptor only apply to epileptic | jason | 16-Mar-04 12:32 PM
by Euan_Henderson | 1 | 771 |
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Incapacity Benefit late claim
Is the 3 month deadline for late IB claims set in stone?
I have a client who suffered a brain injury June 2001. She received full then half pay unti | brg | 12-Mar-04 02:21 PM
by VictoriaJ | 9 | 1185 |
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History lesson please- IVB, first AWT for IB etc
Decision reviewing entitlement to IB made 19/1/98 (when SSAA 1992 applied)- IB stopped. Claimant on IVB since 1990. Therefore this was the first time | Martin_Williams | 11-Mar-04 01:14 PM
by Steve | 5 | 753 |
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Training restrictions for clients on IB or DLA
Hello all. We are still trying to determine whether there are any restictions on part-time education for clients on Incapacity Benefit or DLA. I und | ericcasa | 09-Mar-04 10:35 AM
by Euan_Henderson | 1 | 767 |
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Missing NI Contributions due to employer not paying them in
Dear all,
I saw a Lady yesterday who is now out of work due to illness. She has savings slightly above the level of means tested benefits. She work | BHAS_1 | 05-Mar-04 09:39 AM
by jj | 1 | 804 |
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CIB 2679 2003
this interesting decision appears to have escaped the OSSCC web site - any ideas where it's gone to ?
| robswad | 04-Mar-04 07:34 PM
by robswad | 3 | 789 |
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Withdrawing an IB claim.
My client is age 63. He was made redundant on Friday 27 February and received 12 weeks PILON. He has £24000 in savings and will not be entitled to PC | Peter Newton | 04-Mar-04 12:08 PM | 0 | 721 |
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CIB/3328/1998 - severe mental illness definition
Does anyone have a copy of Deputy Commissioner White's decision CIB/3328/1998 they could e-mail or fax to me on
0208 247 9924?
Its cited in the c | ken | 03-Mar-04 01:23 PM | 0 | 715 |
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CIB/459/00 and Housam v. DWP
Does anyone have a copy of the Deputy Commissioner's decision CIB/459/00, which concerns the bending or kneeling PCA descriptor, that they could e-mai | ken | 01-Mar-04 01:44 PM | 0 | 647 |
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IB and work
Client who has been receiving IB for over a year - has been offered 4 weeks work full time so will lose IB. Does she need to re-apply for IB at the | ClaireD | 26-Feb-04 11:29 AM
by ClaireD | 2 | 839 |
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oops !!
"The Department of Health today issued a correction to figures published listing the number of benefits claimants diagnosed as obese.
As a result o | shawn | 24-Feb-04 10:56 AM
by Gerry | 1 | 942 |
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Pathways to Work pilot
You may be interested in an experience here in Derbyshire where the schemeis being trialled.
I persuaded a guy on In capacity Benefit to make a cl | Connolly | 23-Feb-04 10:55 AM
by Judy | 4 | 1316 |
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Spot the ultra vires PCA reg
A new decision, CIB/884/03, could potentially have far reaching implications for appealing PCA decisions.
In Howker (R(IB)3/03), the Court of Appea | ken | 20-Feb-04 01:53 PM
by Steve Donnison | 1 | 1321 |
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PCA applied before 196 days
Client on Incap and subject to own occupation test. She was sent for PCA after 17 weeks, decision made on 161st day of Incapacity that she is no longe | jeanette | 13-Feb-04 03:20 PM
by Martin_Williams | 3 | 940 |
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Incapacity Benefit earnings rules
Can anyone out there help me? I have conflicting information about a client who is to receive holiday pay whilst claiming IB. The CPAG states that h | catya | 13-Feb-04 09:15 AM
by Andrew_Fisher | 1 | 922 |
Incapacity related benefits
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