Welfare rights case law

22 January, 2021

High Court rules that requirement for universal credit claimants to pay childcare costs upfront before receiving childcare costs element is unlawful

[2021] EWHC 102 (Admin)

15 January, 2021

Having Zambrano right of residence did not assist claimant in being eligible for child benefit

CF/2239/2019
[2020] UKUT 353 (AAC)

11 January, 2021

Whether benefit awards made to claimant using a fictitious identity that had been granted British Citizenship were properly revised, reversed and found recoverable

CJSA/2368/2017, CE/2384/2017, CIS/2396/2017
[2020] UKUT 352 (AAC)

7 January, 2021

Tribunals are not ordinarily required to give anything beyond brief reasons as to why they are not adjourning a PIP appeal in order to obtain DLA evidence

CPIP/401/2020
[2020] UKUT 338 (AAC)

6 January, 2021

Consideration of eligibility for mobility component where claimant had history of some walking at airports when travelling to and from the UK

CPIP/2851/2019
[2020] UKUT 343 (AAC)

5 January, 2021

First-tier Tribunal in its social entitlement jurisdiction is a ‘court’ for purposes of orders made under the now repealed Vexatious Actions (Scotland) Act 1898 that continue in force

CSTC/466/2019
[2020] UKUT 324 (AAC)

5 January, 2021

Whether insurance policy payments to a widow precluded entitlement to a funeral payment

CIS/1728/2019
[2020] UKUT 316 (AAC)

5 January, 2021

Assessment of whether claimant displayed ‘severe behavioural problems’ for purposes of entitlement to mobility component under ‘severe mental impairment’ criteria

CDLA/2600/2019
[2020] UKUT 342 (AAC)

23 December, 2020

Sanction decision overturned on account of ambiguity in notification of requirement to take part in telephone interview / good reason for failure to attend

CUC/563/2020
[2020] UKUT 307 (AAC)

18 December, 2020

Court of Appeal rules that government acted unlawfully in barring EU citizens from relying on ‘pre-settled status’ to access universal credit

[2020] EWCA 1741

17 December, 2020

Whether limiting a disabled claimant’s housing benefit to the one-bedroom shared accommodation rate of the local housing allowance amounts to unlawful discrimination

CH/4167/2013
[2020] UKUT 285 (AAC)

15 December, 2020

Whether separate claims and separate decisions are required before every prescribed disease claimed under industrial injuries benefit system can be considered

CI/1000/2019, CI/1001/2019 and CI/1002/2019
[2020] UKUT 297 (AAC)

10 December, 2020

Date from which a change of circumstances takes effect where there is already benefit entitlement / whether arrears of industrial injuries disablement benefit can be offset against overpayment of pension credit

CI/339/2019
[2020] UKUT 302 (AAC)

9 December, 2020

Room where door could only open to 60 degrees if it contained an adult single bed counted as bedroom for purposes of the bedroom tax

CH/1253/2018
[2020] UKUT 337 (AAC)

9 December, 2020

Tribunal was correct to find that no reduction could be made from claimant’s income for investments in overseas property when assessing tax credits entitlement

CTC/1974/2019 (V)
[2020] UKUT 340 (AAC)

8 December, 2020

Consideration of what amounts to 'late notification of expiry of entitlement' for universal credit backdating purposes, where claimant advised he could no longer claim housing benefit after moving to new local authority area

CUC/148/2020
[2020] UKUT 309 (AAC)

7 December, 2020

Requirement for housing benefit claimant to be added as second respondent to an appeal brought by a landlord against decision to recover overpayment solely from the landlord

CH/2383/2018
[2020] UKUT 311 (AAC)

4 December, 2020

Upper Tribunal's consideration of whether claimant had unlawfully killed her husband and therefore whether the forfeiture rule applied to her state pension payable on the basis of his national insurance contributions

CFP/1016/2019
[2019] UKUT 421 (AAC)

2 December, 2020

Tribunal rule 29 requirements to give notice of tribunal hearing also apply to changes in the time of hearing

CPIP/2416/2019
[2020] UKUT 296 (AAC)

Welfare rights

[2021] EWHC 102 (Admin)

CIS/1728/2019 [2020] UKUT 316 (AAC)

CIS/1728/2019
[2020] UKUT 316 (AAC)