Caselaw summaries

Universal credit (UC) - transitional SDP element – ‘erosion’ – on move from specified to mainstream rented accommodation

Right to reside – retained worker status – ‘undue delay’ between work ending and date of joint claim (with partner) for universal credit (UC)

Further evidence and reasons for decision – First-tier Tribunal for Scotland – tribunal did not err in not calling for further evidence

Universal credit (UC) - ‘backdating’ – whether could reasonably have been expected to have claimed earlier – need to consider claimant’s circumstances as a whole

Tax credits – appeals – mandatory reconsideration requirement unlawful

Housing benefit (HB) – overpayment recovery – tribunals

Universal credit (UC) - transitional SDP element – amount allowed unlawful considering TP (No.3) – Secretary of State to remedy

Employment and support allowance (ESA) – overpayment of ‘old-style’ contributory ESA for failure to disclose occupational pension

Right of appeal – following ‘LEAP’ revisions for error of law – whether tribunal can consider other aspects of decision

Tribunals – First-tier Tribunal erred in failing to include in its statement of reasons for refusing the appeal reference to claimant’s wife’s oral evidence, so leaving the claimant unable to know if it had been accepted or rejected