Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) – right of appeal after LEAP [legal entitlements and administrative practice] exercise and refusal to revise

Contributory ESA (old-style) – overpayment recovery – failure to disclose and effect of ‘RTI scan'

Universal credit (UC) – earnings and fortnightly wage cycle

Tax credits – in-year finalisation of an award and treatment of earned income in the part tax year

Universal credit – backdating – alleged ‘inoperative’ computer system in early days of coronavirus lockdown

Tribunals – tribunal (in attempting to establish when the claimant had satisfied the ‘required period condition’ for personal independence payment (PIP)) had consulted with the duty district judge before making its decision

Activity 2 (taking nutrition) – claimant with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), who as a result overindulged in food and had difficulty knowing when to stop eating

Childcare costs in housing benefit (HB) during lockdown – the childcare provider had closed during lockdown but the claimant continued to pay charges to reserve places for his children

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - overpayment – recovery for failure to disclose – computer interface between DWP offices

Universal credit and ‘double payment’ of monthly wages – legal effect of the order and declaration made by Court of Appeal in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Johnson and others [2020] EWCA Civ 778