SSWP v DN and Fife Council, SSWP v JN and Fife Council
Housing benefit (HB) - ‘bedroom tax’ – meaning of ‘bedroom’ – use of floor areas as determinative test
R (on the application of Cotton and Others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Housing benefit (HB) - 'bedroom tax' - parents with shared care of children - not unlawful
SL v Renfrewshire Council
Housing benefit (HB) - date on which entitlement is to commence – new tenancy
SD v Eastleigh Borough Council (HB)
Housing benefit (HB) - ‘bedroom tax’ – regular requirement for overnight care – meaning of ‘regular’ and relevance of rate of disability living allowance award
Rutherford and others v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Housing benefit (HB) - local housing allowance size criteria and eligible rent reduction (bedroom tax) - whether unlawful regarding disabled children in need of an overnight carer
JB v SSWP and Basingstoke and Deane BC (HB)
Housing benefit (HB) - amounts for children - substantial minority carer
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council v SA
Housing benefit (HB) - attribution of earnings for housing benefit
MB v Christchurch BC (HB)
Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment - official error
Broxtowe Borough Council v CS (HB)
Housing benefit (HB) - couples – living together as husband and wife – two people in different households are not a couple even if together at weekends
MN v (1) Bury Council, (2) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (HB)
Housing benefit (HB) - disregard of compensation for victims of Nazi persecution – failure to include the Netherlands WUV scheme in HB income disregards unlawfully discriminatory (under Article 1 of Protocol 1 and Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights)