Caselaw summaries

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

Universal credit (UC) - capital – employment tribunal settlement – compensation for injury to feelings not ‘personal injury’ compensation

Universal credit awarded under ‘Trust and Protect’ – later failure to reverify identity not in itself a ground for terminating award – inadequate Secretary of State submissions and tribunal approach

Evidence – tribunal erred by failing to adjourn paper ‘hearing’ to an oral hearing to allow the claimant a chance to respond to its doubts about his credibility

Universal credit (UC) - temporary absence – one-month temporary absence to be disregarded until assessment period in which it exceeds one month

Child element of universal credit – not a ‘family benefit’ for main European co-ordination rules