Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activities 7c 'needs communication support to be able to express or understand complex verbal information' and 9c 'needs social support to be able to engage with other people' - satisfaction of 7c does not automatically lead to satisfaction of 9c

Personal independence payment (PIP) – Descriptor 9(c) ‘needs social support to be able to engage with other people’

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component - symptoms that are somatic in origin may be considered - ability to 'follow the route' of a journey

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to PIP – claimant alleged did not report a change of circumstances – Secretary of State has a general power to initiate transfer

Personal independence payment (PIP) - Activity 1 'preparing food' - the mention of cooking using a microwave in descriptor 1 c does not refer to the heating up of ready prepared microwave meals

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to PIP – date PIP commences – whether there should be a fixed or indefinite award

Personal independence payment (PIP) - evidence – DWP medical evidence not automatically preferable to the evidence of a claimant

Personal independence payment (PIP) - delay in mandatory reconsideration – tribunal need to observe ‘equality of arms’

Personal independence payment (PIP) - PIP Activity 3 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition' - claimant with paranoid schizophrenia living in a 24-hour staffed care home

Personal independence payment (PIP) - PIP Activity 1 (preparing food) - not relevant to take into account claimant's 'cultural cuisine'