Caselaw summaries

Universal credit (UC) – limited capability for work/work and work-related activity – evidence requirement – self-certification and meetings or phone calls with the DWP

Tribunals – use of Google Maps evidence by tribunal

Universal credit (UC) – entitlement during three-month relevant period before LCWRA element included – minimum entitlement applied and therefore was entitled to passported benefits

Universal credit (UC) – housing element – liability for rent – claimant a joint owner and an agreement to pay money to a tenant-in-common does not establish liability

Claims – bereavement support payment – claimant refused having claimed too late (four years after death of her husband)

Tribunals – personal independence payment – where a tribunal makes an award for a fixed period, then the tribunal should also explain why the award is for such a fixed period

Universal credit (UC) – childcare costs element – two sets of childcare charges paid in same assessment period – maximum applies for that period 

Tribunals – guardian’s allowance – claimant refused having said he knew the ‘whereabouts’ of his step-children’s surviving father

Universal credit (UC) – 'backdating’ a claim for UC – whether as a result of disability claimant could not reasonably have claimed earlier – background circumstances

Universal credit (UC) – late application for a revision – not to be confused with supersession for change of circumstances – no bar to ignorance or misunderstanding of law being considered