Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - Activity 6 (Dressing and undressing) and Activity 10 (Making budgeting decisions)

Personal independence payment (PIP) - tribunal erred in placing emphasis on the possibility of claimant optimising her medication, given the expert opinion of her consultant that numerous medications had been discontinued because of adverse effects of lack of efficacy

Personal independence payment - mobility component

Personal independence payment (PIP) - less favourable decision by tribunal - need for 'sufficient notice' of intention to consider adverse decision - need to keep issue of whether to adjourn for an oral hearing under review

Personal independence payment (PIP) - ability to carry out an activity 'safely' - test is of a 'real possibility' of harm, not the occurrence of harm being 'more likely than not' - applies to need for supervision in same way

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 7 (communicating verbally) and Activity 9 (engaging with other people face to face)-hearing-impaired claimant - regarding Activity 7 tribunal erred in assessing claimant's difficulties in communication overall rather than only by way of spoken word

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 5 - managing toilet needs or incontinence

Personal independence payment (PIP) - retinal implant-whether an 'aid or appliance' - internal implants and PIP

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 5 - managing toilet needs or incontinence

Personal independence payment (PIP) - reduction in award before end date - reduction in award made by tribunal - need to identify supersession ground