High Court - Welfare rights case law

24 July, 2023

High Court rules that Home Office system for supporting asylum seekers while they wait for their asylum claims to be determined is unlawful

HA & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1876 (Admin)

8 March, 2023

High Court rules that failure to provide NINo on biometric residence permit of claimant granted leave to remain under Destitute Domestic Violence Concession was not unlawful

BK, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions & Anor [2023] EWHC 378 (KB)

7 February, 2023

High Court rules that DWP decision not to waive recovery of universal credit overpayment caused by official error was unlawful

K, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2023] EWHC 233 (Admin)

21 December, 2022

High Court rules that Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to provide for essential living needs of asylum seekers

R (on the application of CB) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3329 (Admin)

26 September, 2022

High Court rules that DWP acts unlawfully by failing to seek representations from claimants before applying third party deductions for utility debts

Timson, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary 0f State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWHC 2392 (Admin)

7 September, 2022

High Court rules that denial of bereavement support payment to spouse of deceased woman who had been unable to work and pay national insurance contributions due to severe disability breached ECHR

Jwanczuk, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWHC 2298 (Admin)

21 June, 2022

High Court rules that government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy continues to fail to comply with legal obligation to safeguard and promote the welfare of children

AB & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1524 (Admin)

16 May, 2022

High Court of Northern Ireland rules that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful

RK, Re Application for Judicial Review [2022] NIQB 29

18 February, 2022 Open access

High Court dismisses judicial review challenge to decision not to extend Covid-19-related universal credit uplift to legacy benefits

T & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2022] EWHC 351 (Admin)

28 January, 2022

High Court dismisses judicial review challenge to universal credit disabled student rules

Kays, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWHC 167 (Admin)

26 January, 2022

High Court rules that DWP’s National Disability Strategy is unlawful as consultation process failed to provide for ‘intelligent consideration and response’

Binder & Ors v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2022] EWHC 105 (Admin)

21 January, 2022

High Court rules that failure to compensate claimants who migrated to universal credit for loss of enhanced disability premium and child tax credit disabled child element is unlawful

R (on the application of) TP and AR (TP and AR No.3) [2022] EWHC 123 (Admin)

5 July, 2021

High Court rules that provision for refugees to make a backdated child tax credit claim from the date they sought asylum continues to apply where that date was before introduction of full service universal credit

DK, R (On the Application Of) v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs [2021] EWHC 1845 (Admin)

30 April, 2021

High Court rules that government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy unlawfully fails to safeguard and promote the welfare of children

ST & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWHC 1085 (Admin)

13 April, 2021

High Court of Northern Ireland rules that the 13 week housing benefit temporary absence rules that apply to serving prisoners do not breach human rights law

Taylor, Re Application for Judicial Review (Rev 1) [2020] NIQB 78

18 March, 2021

High Court rules that DWP’s universal credit deductions policy’s use of a rigid formula in respect of court fines, rather than the exercise of discretion as the legislation requires, is unlawful

Blundel & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2021] EWHC 608 (Admin)

4 March, 2021

High Court dismisses challenge brought by family of deceased claimant against DWP’s safeguarding policies

Turner, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 465 (Admin)

22 January, 2021

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

Salvato, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 102 (Admin)

26 October, 2020

High Court rules that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful

The Queen on the Application of Moore & Anor v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2020] EWHC 2827 (Admin)

Welfare rights (High Court)

HA & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWHC 1876 (Admin)

AB & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 1524 (Admin)

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