Caselaw summaries

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'

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component - ability to 'follow the route' of a journey - test is of ability to navigate

Personal independence payment (PIP) - a PIP daily living component Activity 3 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition' - claimant with breathing problem needed supervision in case of an attack

Personal independence payment (PIP) - daily living component – descriptor 3(d): ‘Needs supervision, prompting or assistance to be able to manage therapy that takes more than 3.5 but not more than 7 hours a week'

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component – descriptors 1(d) and (f): ‘Cannot follow the route of an unfamiliar [or for (f), familiar] journey without another person, assistance dog or orientation aid'

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component – descriptor 1(d): ‘Cannot follow the route of an unfamiliar journey without another person, assistance dog or orientation aid'

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 6: dressing and undressing – what clothes are considered – application of regulation 4(2A)