Caselaw summaries

Tribunals – housing benefit (HB) overpayment

Universal credit – benefit cap where paid four-weekly – calculation of earnings rules not unlawful

Immigration status and benefit entitlement – where refugee status has been obtained fraudulently and subsequently revoked

Contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance (new-style) – first contribution condition

Personal independence payment - (PIP) - alcohol use disorder – assessment in PIP cases

Tribunals – determination on the papers – context of COVID pandemic

Claimant with autism – tribunal failed to explain (regarding mobility Activity 1) why it rejected evidence of the claimant suffering severe anxiety (and so ‘overwhelming psychological distress’) when on a journey

Industrial injuries disablement benefit – prescribed disease A15 (Dupuytren’s contracture) - onset occurs only when the signs of the contracture stage, as contained in the statutory definition, manifest themselves

Tribunals and set-aside – relevant medical evidence sent in after date of tribunal decision indicated that claimant may have satisfied definition of pneumoconiosis and so a ground existed on which the tribunal’s decision could be set aside under rule 37 of the Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (Social Entitlement Chamber) Rules 2008

Late appeal – exception to usual ‘absolute’ time limit – inadequate reasons for rejection