Caselaw summaries

Right to reside and pre-settled status – benefit rules not unlawful

Universal credit childcare costs – proof of payment requirement not unlawful

Universal credit – benefit cap where paid four-weekly – calculation of earnings rules not unlawful

Transfer to UC from tax credits – UC claim withdrawn before issue of stop notice to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) – must be a subsisting claim for UC at time of the stop notice for termination of tax credits to follow

Right to reside – pre-settled status – discrimination and whether benefit rules lawful

Work-related activity and ‘substantial risk’ – tribunal erred in failing to correct absence of a list of relevant work-related activity

Universal credit (UC) - earnings paid four-weekly – income in assessment period in which they are received

Deductions from universal credit – deductions for court fines – refusal to consider reduction for hardship unlawful

Universal credit (UC) - ‘substantial risk’ – need to be accompanied – whether third-party support actually available – risk travelling to and from and attending the job centre

Universal credit (UC) - late paid wages – earnings in assessment period in which they are received – returned deposit is not earning