News and case law

24 September, 2024

Government to bring forward a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill to ‘crack down’ on fraud in the social security system

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24 September, 2024

Deductions from universal credit are leading claimants into destructive cycles of debt

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24 September, 2024

Government confirms that interest rate used to calculate SMI payments has increased to 3.66 per cent

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24 September, 2024

Law Centre NI publishes series of ‘condition insight reports’ used by Capita PIP assessors to assist in their understanding of different health conditions

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24 September, 2024

New 20-year contract awarded to transform court and tribunal services in Northern Ireland

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24 September, 2024

Action needed as successive Northen Ireland Communities Ministers make little progress in fixing issues caused by the universal credit five-week wait

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24 September, 2024

Extending the existing means-tested benefits disregard of infected blood compensation payments from the estate of a deceased infected person in Northern Ireland

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24 September, 2024

Continuation of provisions that enable the use of audio and video live links in courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland until March 2025

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23 September, 2024

Investment in civil legal aid needed to reduce burden on the justice system and the NHS

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23 September, 2024

Scottish Government cannot continue to mitigate UK austerity policy decisions, warns Social Justice Secretary

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20 September, 2024

SSAC expresses concerns about regulations introducing indefinite capital disregard for infected blood compensation payments

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19 September, 2024

Tribunal must consider totality of evidence, make sufficient findings of fact to resolve conflicts, and state which evidence it prefers and why

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19 September, 2024

Tribunal’s failure to explore whether claims documentation was available before deciding that a pension credit overpayment was recoverable for misrepresentation amounted to error of law

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19 September, 2024

Regulations providing that only one of two separated parents may receive a housing costs element that takes into account a child for whom they have shared care are not discriminatory

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19 September, 2024

Tribunal erred in deciding student’s non-dependant status was based exclusively on time spent at home or university address

More Welfare rights case law

Government to bring forward a new Fraud, Error and Debt Bill to ‘crack down’ on fraud in the social security system

Deductions from universal credit are leading claimants into destructive cycles of debt

Government confirms that interest rate used to calculate SMI payments has increased to 3.66 per cent

Law Centre NI publishes series of ‘condition insight reports’ used by Capita PIP assessors to assist in their understanding of different health conditions

New 20-year contract awarded to transform court and tribunal services in Northern Ireland

Action needed as successive Northen Ireland Communities Ministers make little progress in fixing issues caused by the universal credit five-week wait

Extending the existing means-tested benefits disregard of infected blood compensation payments from the estate of a deceased infected person in Northern Ireland

Continuation of provisions that enable the use of audio and video live links in courts and tribunals in Northern Ireland until March 2025

Investment in civil legal aid needed to reduce burden on the justice system and the NHS

Scottish Government cannot continue to mitigate UK austerity policy decisions, warns Social Justice Secretary

Round-up of recent Employment Appeal Tribunal case law

SSAC expresses concerns about regulations introducing indefinite capital disregard for infected blood compensation payments

Social Justice and Social Security Committee calls on Scottish Government to consider adding Social Security Scotland to list of bodies subject to ‘ask and act’ duty under Scotland (Housing) Bill

Increases in fees in relation to insolvency proceedings in England and Wales

First Minister welcomes ‘landmark’ Act providing for the modernisation of council tax in Wales

Tribunal must consider totality of evidence, make sufficient findings of fact to resolve conflicts, and state which evidence it prefers and why

Tribunal’s failure to explore whether claims documentation was available before deciding that a pension credit overpayment was recoverable for misrepresentation amounted to error of law

Regulations providing that only one of two separated parents may receive a housing costs element that takes into account a child for whom they have shared care are not discriminatory

Tribunal erred in deciding student’s non-dependant status was based exclusively on time spent at home or university address