Caselaw summaries

DLA – restriction regarding adults in hospital – not unlawful

Personal independence payment (PIP) mobility descriptor 1(d) (‘cannot follow the route of a journey…’) – physical health problems and inability to use public transport

Bedroom tax – whether small spare room counted as a bedroom

Universal credit (UC) - ‘closure’ of a claim – right of appeal – whether mandatory reconsideration requirement applies

Disability living allowance to personal independence allowance (PIP) transfer cases

Houseboat licence fee – can be eligible for housing benefit under regulation 12(1)(b) Housing Benefit Regulations 2006

Contradictory decision notice – failure of presenting officer to attend – inadequate warning of less favourable decision

Universal credit (UC) - online claim – date of claim where online form saved and submitted late – claim only made when submitted

Sure Start maternity grant – refugee with ‘pre-flight’ child – breach of human rights by ‘first-child only’ rule

Tribunals – not limited to judicial review considerations or evidence in existence at time of decision