Caselaw summaries

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

Activities 1 (preparing food), 2 (taking nutrition) and 3 (managing therapy or monitoring a health condition)

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

Tribunals – ‘protective essays’ (ie, regarding what the tribunal views the law requires for adequate reasoning) in tribunal written statements of reasons

‘Vulnerable’ adult – brain injury leading to memory problems and fatigue – need to consider giving of evidence including from representative