Caselaw summaries

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

Compensation for financial loss – following decision in TP, AR and SXC – universal credit (UC) transitional severe disability payment (SDP) amounts

Tribunals – inconsistency between decision notice and summary of reasons is an error of law

Tribunals – where claimant has a decision under appeal but in the meantime makes a fresh claim for the same benefit and that claim is decided by the decision maker

Right to reside and relevance of law as at date of decision