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.
Mirga v Secretary of Work and Pensions
[2012] EWCA Civ 1952
Income support (IS) - right to reside - A8 national in UK since a child - rules not disproportionate
SO Abraham v London Borough of Ealing
[2012] UKUT 437 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - set-aside - absence of party to the appeal
DM v SSWP
[2012] UKUT 376 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - mobilising - potential use of wheelchair - requirement for reasonableness including claimant's circumstances
Szpak v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2013] EWCA Civ 46
Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - right to reside - A8 nationals – worker registration certificate not retrospective
MR v SSWP
[2025] UKUT 418 (AAC)
State pension – start date of award – official error regarding national insurance record – any time revision of refusal of first claim