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.
R (Bui) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; R (Onakoya) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2022] UKUT 189 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) - claims – national insurance number requirement not satisfied until evidence is verified and number allocated
JW v SSWP (UC)
[2022] UKUT 117 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) - limited capability for work-related activity period – exception to waiting period in ‘credits only’ transition case
FN v SSWP (UC)
[2022] UKUT 77 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) - tribunals – domestic abuse cases – tribunal powers to make an order requiring DWP to provide information
BK v SSWP
[2022] UKUT 73 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) - receiving education – meaning of ‘full-time’ education
FO v SSWP (UC)
[2022] UKUT 56 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) - ‘closure’ of claim for alleged failure to accept a claimant commitment – error and lack of evidence
LR v SSWP (UC)
[2022] UKUT 65 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) – unearned income
Kays, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2022] EWHC 167 (Admin)
Disabled students – 2020 amendments not unlawful
R (on the application of) TP and AR (TP and AR No.3) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, and R (on the application of) AB and F v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2022] EWHC 123 (Admin)
Universal credit (UC) – natural migration by severely disabled claimants – failure to provide relief for loss of enhanced disability premium (EDP) and child tax credit (CTC) disabled child element unlawful
SK v HMRC and SSWP
[2022] UKUT 10 (AAC)
Transfer to universal credit (UC) – termination of tax credits – automatic on receipt of stop notice
JL v Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council and SSWP
[2022] UKUT 9 (AAC)
Transfer to universal credit (UC) – withdrawal of claim – termination of housing benefit (HB)