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.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MM and another
[2013] EWCA Civ 1565
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - work capability assessment - process for mental health claimants
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
PD v SSWP (PIP)
[2026] UKUT 85 (AAC)
Tribunals – requirement to enable claimant to attend the hearing