Caselaw summaries

Disability living allowance (DLA) - previous medical report/decision - not put before tribunal - obligations of tribunal to call for evidence

Personal independence payment (PIP) - Activity 7

Habitual residence test - requirement to have lived in the Common Travel Area (CTA) for past three months

Disability living allowance (DLA) - presence test – aggregation of periods of residence in UK and EU – ‘genuine and sufficient link’

Personal independence payment (PIP) - descriptor 6(b) (‘Needs to use an aid or appliance to be able to dress or undress’) – not necessary for a claimant to demonstrate difficulties with both dressing and undressing; need to use an aid or appliance for one or the other is enough

Personal independence payment (PIP) - the 'required period condition' consists ofa three-month retrospective period and a nine- month prospective period - entitlement must be satisfied in each of those periods

The 'required period condition' consists of a three-month retrospective period and a nine- month prospective period - entitlement must be satisfied in each of those periods

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility - slow pace of walking

Personal independence payment (PIP) – activity 9 (engaging with other people face-to-face)

Personal independence payment (PIP) - less favourable decision by tribunal – offer of adjournment not always necessary - representatives