Caselaw summaries

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

‘Backdating’ of UC – request for backdating not required to be made before initial decision

Universal credit (UC) - transitional SDP element – ‘erosion’ – on move from specified to mainstream rented accommodation

Right to reside – retained worker status – ‘undue delay’ between work ending and date of joint claim (with partner) for universal credit (UC)