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20 April, 2020

Contact point for children’s school, GP, and dentist cannot be ‘ultimately determinative’ of the person who has main responsibility for tax credits purposes

AB v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (TC)
[2019] UKUT 410 (AAC)
CSTC/174/2019

8 April, 2020

EU national who worked for more than a year, and who was then involuntarily unemployed and registered at a jobcentre, retained worker status and did not need to show 'compelling evidence' of a 'genuine chance of being engaged' after six months

KH v Bury Metropolitan Borough Council and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (HB)
[2020] UKUT 50 (AAC)
CH/2389/2016

8 April, 2020

Attempts by First-tier Tribunals to appeal-proof decisions by use of a 'protective essay' in their statements of reasons are an improper attempt to discourage claimants from exercising their right to seek permission to appeal

CH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2020] UKUT 19 (AAC)
CPIP/2722/2018

7 April, 2020

Whether funds derived from personal injuries compensation held in a joint account are held in a ‘trust’ for the purposes of paragraph 17 of Schedule 8 to the JSA Regulations 1996

Q v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (JSA)
[2020] UKUT 49 (AAC)
CJSA/2628/2017 and CJSA/1192/2019

3 April, 2020

Whether a tribunal correctly approached the issue of ‘prior information’ of Work Programme requirements in a post-Reilly and Wilson appeal

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v SD (JSA)
[2020] UKUT 39 (AAC)
CJSA/1393/2015

1 April, 2020

Whether a lease which restricted ownership to 75 per cent of the value of the property, and with no rent payable, could be a shared ownership lease

BN v (1) Liverpool City Council (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (HB)
2020] UKUT 28 (AAC)
CH/257/2019

31 March, 2020

Tribunal wrongly decided to determine appeal without oral hearing when claimant had requested one / guidance on exercising power to abridge time limit to apply for set aside

LM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA)
[2020] UKUT 41 (AAC)
CE/1901/2019

23 March, 2020

Tribunal erred in law by considering whether claimant was properly referred to the Work Programme when this was not an issue raised on the appeal

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v CN (JSA)
[2020] UKUT 26 (AAC)
CJSA/1122/2016

16 March, 2020

Assistance may qualify for activity 3 if required due to nature of therapy tasks rather than physical or mental impairment in performing tasks / consideration of activity 2 and prompting to eat sufficient quantity of food

TK v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2020] UKUT 22 (AAC)
CPIP/455/2017

14 February, 2020

Whether decision to apply minimum income floor was appealable / application of minimum income floor to seasonal worker

KD v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (CUC)
[2020] UKUT 18 (AAC)
CUC/2641/2018

13 February, 2020

Whether a tribunal should proceed in claimant’s absence when ESA50 is missing from papers / whether a request for an all-female tribunal panel was reasonable

CB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA)
[2020] UKUT 15 (AAC)
CE/238/2019

13 February, 2020

Lack of corroboration of evidence does not relieve tribunal of duty to assess that evidence and to explain any findings it may make in relation to it

NK v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DLA)
[2020] UKUT 14 (AAC)
CDLA/1733/2019

12 February, 2020

Importance of representatives indicating that special arrangements needed to help vulnerable adult participate in tribunal proceedings / need for representatives to make it clear if they wish to give evidence themselves

JE v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2020] UKUT 17 (AAC)
CPIP/1328/2019

11 February, 2020

Circumstances where a tribunal may have a duty to telephone claimant to establish reasons for non-attendance before proceeding to hear a case in their absence

KD v Secretary for Work and Pensions (ESA and IS) KD v Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (TC)
[2020] UKUT 9 (AAC)
CTC/9/2019, CE/10,11,12 & 13/2019, CIS/14 & 15 2019

7 February, 2020

Tribunal asked the wrong question when seeking to link cause of child’s night time care needs to a disability rather than focusing on reasonable requirement for attention

ES (by his appointee CS) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (DLA)
[2020] UKUT 10 (AAC)
CDLA/1837/2019

28 January, 2020

Claimant’s view that it would be pointless to apply for a vacancy does not amount to a good reason for failing to apply for a vacancy as directed by the Secretary of State

KB v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions (UC)
[2019] UKUT 408 (AAC)
CUC/2274/2018

27 January, 2020

Apparent bias of First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal judges / recusal of Upper Tribunal Judge / whether claimant received a public hearing

TM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2018] UKUT 447 (AAC)
CSPIP/384/2017

22 January, 2020

Atos letter inviting claimant to HCP consultation did not impose legal requirement to attend

IR v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)
[2019] UKUT 374 (AAC)
CPIP/2941/2018

21 January, 2020

Factors to be considered in deciding whether a room can be classified as a bedroom

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v WT and Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council
[2019] UKUT 372 (AAC)
CH/784/2017

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