Caselaw summaries

Tribunals – credibility of claimant and fact finding

Child tax credit – main responsibility for child

Personal independence payment (PIP) - failure to attend medical – need for tribunal to see appointment letter

Right to reside – primary carer (in this case, the mother) of a child under school age who is the child of a European Union (EU) worker (the father)

Housing benefit (HB) - capital disregard – where property occupied by former partner – meaning of ‘estranged’

Right to reside – permanent incapacity for work having resided in UK for more than two years

Human rights violations – tribunal jurisdiction to provide remedy – ‘bedroom tax’

Work capability assessment – Activity 7 (understanding communication)

Tribunals – adequacy of reasons

Bedroom tax – unlawful regarding those in Sanctuary Scheme accommodation