Caselaw summaries

Easy access to all caselaw summaries published in our Welfare Rights Bulletin since 2013, covering welfare rights cases we think will be of interest to advisers.

Upper Tribunal

RR v SSWP (UC)

[2017] UKUT 459 (AAC)

Universal credit (UC) - sanctions – 35 hours a week work search requirement – not immutable – all reasonable action

Date of decision

Fri 24 Nov 2017

Appeal reference

CIC/1808/2017 and CUC/1810/2017

Upper Tribunal

M v SSWP

[2017] UKUT 443 (AAC)

Universal credit (UC) - ‘bedroom tax’ – meaning of ‘bedroom’ – whether room for separate bedside table and clothes storage required

Date of decision

Wed 1 Nov 2017

Upper Tribunal

AM v SSWP (UC)

[2017] UKUT 131 (AAC)

Universal credit - live service - backdating -defective question on online claim form did not render the official computer system 'inoperative'

Date of decision

Thu 23 Mar 2017

Appeal reference

CUC/2058/2016

Upper Tribunal

SSWP v AC

[2017] UKUT 130 (AAC)

Universal credit (UC) - right to reside

Date of decision

Wed 22 Mar 2017

Appeal reference

CUC/2924/2016

Upper Tribunal

PT v SSWP

[2015] UKUT 696 (AAC)

Universal credit (UC) - income - earnings paid after end of employment and received during assessment period

Date of decision

Mon 21 Dec 2015

Appeal reference

CUC/2888/2015