Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) – adequacy of Secretary of State responses to PIP appeals to the First-tier Tribunal – practice of not informing appellants of the of descriptors and points not awarded

Personal independence payment (PIP) – activity 9 (engaging with other people face-to-face) – an inability to engage with adults, irrespective of an ability to engage with children and young people, is sufficient to score points

Personal independence payment (PIP) – tribunals – should not assume that a claimant who has said that s/he is unable to attend a hearing that has been listed for hearing a considerable distance from her/his home would not want to attend a rescheduled hearing that was closer

Personal independence payment (PIP) – tribunals – claimant told tribunal appeal only about mobility component, not about daily living component

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to personal independence payment (PIP) – potential relevance of DLA award to PIP decision

Personal independence payment (PIP) – ‘assistance’ – definition requires physical ‘intervention’ and is not involved where someone undertakes the whole task for the claimant

Personal independence payment (PIP) - reduction of award on renewal claim – need to explain difference from original award

Personal independence payment (PIP) – mobility descriptors – removal of reference to ‘psychological distress’ unlawful

Personal independence payment (PIP) – prompting – presence of children

Personal independence allowance (PIP) claimed by a carer – tribunal approach