Caselaw summaries

Tribunals – mother had provided detailed evidence of her view of her son’s disabilities - tribunal wrong to require corroborative evidence (from the GP) of what claimant’s mother had said – its job is to assess the evidence and it could not simply abdicate its role on the basis that corroboration was required – tribunal also erred in ignoring evidence from the claimant’s school

Child’s attention needs at night

Tribunals – proceeding in appellant’s absence

Universal credit (UC) - sanction – failure to apply for job – claimant considered application would be pointless

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