Caselaw summaries

Competent state – regulation (EC) 883/04 – new claim for carer’s allowance made in Cyprus

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - work-related activity and ‘substantial risk’ – use of ‘soft skills’ lists of work-related activity

Universal credit (UC) – double payment of wages in assessment period – official scheme 'irrational'

Tribunals – procedural irregularities leading to set-aside

Tax credits – income

‘Mixed-age’ couples – new claims to universal credit (UC) rather than pension credit (PC) – not unlawful

Tribunals – claimant had an appointee who attended First-tier Tribunal hearing (but neither claimant nor representative attended)

Supersession on award made by First-tier Tribunal – Secretary of State may supersede an award made by a tribunal as long as the relevant statutory grounds are made out - those grounds not limited to error of fact – contrary finding by tribunal showed ‘a misunderstanding at a very basic level of some fundamental principles on which social security operates’

Personal independence payment (PIP) Activity 9 (engaging with other people face to face)

Widowed parents allowance – requirement to be a surviving ‘spouse’ or civil partner – unregistered Nikah ceremony did not make claimant a ‘spouse’