Caselaw summaries

Court of Appeal – jurisdiction to consider an appeal against Upper Tribunal’s refusal to set aside its earlier refusal to grant permission to appeal

Universal credit – ‘bedroom tax’ – additional room for an overnight carer

Personal independence payment (PIP) - supersessions – effective date of supersession and finality of decisions – ‘decision-based system of adjudication’

Right to reside – family member and retention of (European free movement) right to reside

Universal credit (UC) – two-child limit – exception regarding non-consensual conception – applies only to third or subsequent child

‘New’ state pension – period of residence in Australia – does not count for purposes of calculation of transitional rate under ‘Step 2’ as defined in the Pensions Act 2014

Deductions for utility debt – need to seek representations/information from the claimant

Reinstatement of contributory ESA following release from prison – where not terminated while in prison – closed-period supersession

Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment recovery – failure to disclose and official error – substantive cause of the overpayment

Claims – national insurance number – advance of universal credit