Welfare rights case law

14 March, 2019

Whether loss of control of bowel and/or bladder during seizure can ever amount to loss of control ‘whilst conscious’

CE/2227/2018
[2019] UKUT 39 (AAC)

14 March, 2019

Rent payable in advance of start of tenancy can be immediate arrears for purpose of making direct payments to the landlord / direct payments can continue after arrears reduce below eight weeks

CH/2857/2017
[2019] UKUT 33 (AAC)

14 March, 2019

Duty to explicitly justify decision to proceed with oral hearing if claimant is unable to participate fully

CPIP/2015/2018
[2019] UKUT 36 (AAC)

13 March, 2019

Failure of UK authorities to provide an EU jobseeker access to housing benefit not in breach of ECHR

[2018] NIQB 93

11 March, 2019

Whether PIP appeal can be pursued where sole issue of challenge is question of appropriateness or length of a fixed term award

CPIP/1057/2018
[2019] UKUT 30 (AAC)

8 March, 2019

Requirement for Secretary of State to provide relevant evidence of previous PIP claims / tribunal’s failure to pick up on 'hints' that there was a previous claim

CPIP/2261/2018
(2019] UKUT 27 (AAC)

8 March, 2019

Payments made in settlement of employment tribunal case counted as earned income

CTC/648/2018
[2019] UKUT 5 (AAC)

7 March, 2019

Court of Appeal rules that objective evidence is critical when deciding the ‘genuine and sufficient link’ test for disability benefits

[2019] EWCA Civ 272

7 March, 2019

Right to reside as a Zambrano carer can be based upon care of an adult as well as a child

CPIP/3334/2017
[2019] UKUT 26 (AAC)

4 March, 2019

Absence of BSL signer who is reasonably required during DWP interview did not render evidence obtained inadmissible / whether every decision in overpayment period needs to be identified

CE/3316/2017
[2019] UKUT 25 (AAC)

1 March, 2019

High Court rules that failure to provide transitional protection for claimants who transferred to universal credit following incorrect legacy benefit decision was not unlawful

[2019] EWHC 462 (Admin)

28 February, 2019

DWP's 'workaround' to provide email communications to disabled claimant was sufficient to meet its duties under the Equality Act 2010

[2019] EWHC 395 (Admin)

26 February, 2019

Supersession under regulation 26(1)(a) of the Universal Credit etc (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 and powers of tribunals when making new decisions

CPIP/1262/2018
[2019] UKUT 3 (AAC)

18 February, 2019

Local authority's management of Housing Benefit Data Matching Process was not so deficient as to amount to an official error when considering recovery of overpayment

CH/1987/2017
[2018] UKUT 433 (AAC)

14 February, 2019

Judicial review is not an appropriate remedy in a case where statutory appeal is available to challenge refusal to make provisional CTC payments

[2019] EWHC 251 (Admin)

12 February, 2019

Tribunals are normally required to obtain information about the nature of a claimant's conflicting appointment that led to a postponement application

CPIP/2222/2018
[2018] UKUT 444 (AAC)

11 February, 2019

Tribunal fails to make clear findings as to frequency of night time care needs of child DLA claimant when refusing award

CDLA/1227/2018
[2018] UKUT 445 (AAC)

6 February, 2019

Whether claimant was a 'person subject to immigration control' / interpretation of section 115(9)(d) of Immigration and Asylum Act 1999

CH/3592/2017
[2018] UKUT 418 (AAC)

6 February, 2019

Principles for 'reconstructing' evidence on a form that cannot be produced in cases of misrepresentation

CPC/1841/2017
[2018] UKUT 403 (AAC)

Welfare rights case law

CE/2227/2018 [2019] UKUT 39 (AAC)

CTC/648/2018 [2019] UKUT 5 (AAC)

CE/2227/2018
[2019] UKUT 39 (AAC)

CTC/648/2018
[2019] UKUT 5 (AAC)