Caselaw summaries
Easy access to all caselaw summaries published in our Welfare Rights Bulletin since 2013, covering welfare rights cases we think will be of interest to advisers.
R (DA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2018] EWCA Civ 504
Benefit cap – lone parents with children aged under two – not unlawful
JP v Bournemouth Borough Council (HB)
[2018] UKUT 75 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) – non-dependant deduction – whether ‘normally resides with’ claimant – ‘normal home’ elsewhere
SSWP v LB Tower Hamlets and CT (IS and HB)
[2018] UKUT 25 (AAC)
Capital – legal ownership and beneficial ownership
Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council v RH and SSWP
[2017] UKUT 471 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - bedroom tax – categories of the actual occupants of the house are relevant
SSWP v PE and Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
[2017] UKUT 393 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - bedroom tax - unlawful re claimant who is part of adult placement scheme
Rossendale Borough Council v RM (HB)
[2017] UKUT 362 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment - retrospective termination of income support (IS)- reliance on DWP decision
DF v LB of Waltham Forest (HB)
[2017] UKUT 306 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - passporting - termination of passporting benefit
R (DA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2017] EWHC 1446 (Admin)
Housing benefit (HB) - benefit cap - unlawful discrimination regarding lone parents with children aged under two
SSWP v Carmichael and Sefton BC (HB)
[2017] UKUT 174 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - bedroom tax - disabled adults unable to share a bedroom - tribunal jurisdiction
FK v Wandsworth Borough Council (HB)
[2016] UKUT 570 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - liability for rent - person not liable may be treated as liable