Caselaw summaries

Bedroom tax – room designated as bedroom but used as a living room – actual use irrelevant

Housing benefit (HB) – derivative right to reside – must have been an initial common period in which the child(ren) were installed in the UK while the parent was a worker

Housing benefit (HB) – human rights violations – tribunal jurisdiction – tribunal cannot devise its own solution

Benefit cap – lone parents with children aged under two – not unlawful

Housing benefit (HB) – non-dependant deduction – whether ‘normally resides with’ claimant – ‘normal home’ elsewhere

Capital – legal ownership and beneficial ownership

Housing benefit (HB) - bedroom tax – categories of the actual occupants of the house are relevant

Housing benefit (HB) - bedroom tax - unlawful re claimant who is part of adult placement scheme

Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment - retrospective termination of income support (IS)- reliance on DWP decision

Housing benefit (HB) - passporting - termination of passporting benefit