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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)

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)

11 January, 2019

High Court rules that DWP’s method of assessing earned income under universal credit is unlawful

[2019] EWHC 23 (Admin)

17 August, 2018

High Court rules that cap on support under Access to Work scheme is not unlawful

[2018] EWHC 2196 (Admin)

14 June, 2018

High Court rules that government’s failure to protect benefit rates for severely disabled people migrating to universal credit is unlawful

[2018] EWHC 1474 (Admin)

20 April, 2018

High Court rules that the two child limit is compatible with the ECHR, but allows claim in relation to the lawfulness of the kinship care exception

[2018] EWHC 864 (Admin)

21 December, 2017

High Court rules that amendments to PIP mobility activity 1 are unlawful

[2017] EWHC 3375 (Admin)

11 September, 2017

High Court rules, in council tax reduction case, that onus of proof remains with claimant if council has made reasonable requests for information

[2017] EWHC 2252 (Admin)

22 June, 2017

High Court rules that application of benefit cap to lone parents with children under two is unlawful

[2017] EWHC 1446

9 May, 2017

Failure of a local authority to consider a long term award of discretionary housing payment

[2017] EWHC 802 (Admin)

6 May, 2016

High Court rules, in council tax reduction case, that late appeals require a thorough assessment of all circumstances pertaining to the failure to appeal in time

[2016] EWHC 1017 (Admin)

12 February, 2016

Refusal of widowed parent's allowance to woman who was not married to her deceased partner is unjustifiable discrimination

[2016] NIQB 11

26 November, 2015

Failure to exempt people in receipt of carer's allowance from benefit cap is unlawful discrimination in breach of Article 14

[2015] EWHC 3382 (Admin)

9 November, 2015

High Court rules that council tax reduction scheme requiring minimum 15 per cent payment did not discriminate on grounds of age or disability

[2015] EWHC 3193 (Admin)

31 July, 2015

High Court dismisses challenge to legality of 'Skills Conditionality' and 'Post Work Programme Support' Schemes

[2015] EWHC 2284 (Admin)

5 June, 2015

High Court rules that delay in determining PIP claims was both unacceptable and unlawful

[2015] EWHC 1607 (Admin)

31 March, 2015

High Court rules that local authority's decision to take care component of DLA into account when assessing DHPs was unlawful

[2015] EWHC 890 (Admin)

13 March, 2015

High Court dismisses bedroom tax challenge by woman whose home has been adapted under a Sanctuary Scheme

[2015] EWHC 159 (Admin)

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