Caselaw summaries

Universal credit (UC) - LCWRA element – three-month relevant period – period can be started by self-certification in online journal

Transitional SDP element – high rate for a severely disabled couple on natural migration from employment and support allowance (ESA)

Universal credit – entitlement while receiving education

Right to reside – self-sufficiency – reliance on means-tested benefits paid to partner

Universal credit (UC) - right to reside – domestic abuse – breach of human rights

Universal credit (UC) - identity – claim ‘closure’ for failure to provide evidence – failure to apply the law

Universal credit (UC) - ‘backdating’ of UC – late notification of expiry of existing benefit – further delay after receiving notification

Universal credit (UC) – student income

Universal credit (UC) - housing element – size criteria – whether student at university a non-dependant

Universal credit (UC) - responsibility for child – shared care – rule allocating responsibility to person with main responsibility not discriminatory