Caselaw summaries

Tribunals – adequacy of reasons

Bedroom tax – unlawful regarding those in Sanctuary Scheme accommodation

Compensation for financial loss – following decision in TP, AR and SXC – universal credit (UC) transitional severe disability payment (SDP) amounts

Tribunals – inconsistency between decision notice and summary of reasons is an error of law

Tribunals – where claimant has a decision under appeal but in the meantime makes a fresh claim for the same benefit and that claim is decided by the decision maker

Right to reside and relevance of law as at date of decision

Income support (IS) - living together as a married couple – application of ‘signposts’ – reasoning required in tribunal decision

Child tax credit (CTC) – child living in another European Union member state

Ineligible service charges

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - failure to attend medical – good cause of not attending – relevance of previously missed medicals