Caselaw summaries

European Union co-ordination rules – Article 5 EC Regulation 883/2004 and treating a benefit paid by another member state as an equivalent benefit to a UK benefit

European Union co-ordination rules and competent state for sickness benefits – claimant’s father working in Belgium

Housing benefit (HB) - right to reside – retained worker status after working for more than a year – ‘genuine prospect of work’ test unlawful

Capital – money from personal injury compensation placed in a joint building society account

Entitlement to limited capability for work and work-related activity element – three month waiting period before inclusion in award

Higher rate bereavement support payment (BSP) – restriction to married/civil partner couples – breach of human rights

Jobseeker’s allowance sanction for not attending Work Programme – post-Reilly and Wilson

Tribunals – deciding case without a hearing

‘Natural’ migration to universal credit – severely disabled claimants – unlawful discrimination

Housing benefit – definition of shared ownership tenancy