Caselaw summaries

Income support (IS) - living together as a married couple – application of ‘signposts’ – reasoning required in tribunal decision

Child tax credit (CTC) – child living in another European Union member state

Ineligible service charges

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - failure to attend medical – good cause of not attending – relevance of previously missed medicals

Equalisation of state pension age – not unlawful

Claimant not precluded by virtue of the forfeiture rule as defined in section 1 of the Forfeiture Act 1982 from receiving a Category B retirement pension – the forfeiture rule does not apply to the claimant

Tribunals – original decision of First-tier Tribunal contained a contradiction between the decision notice and statement of reasons and could not be reconciled – that is an error of law

Personal independence payment (PIP) - tribunals and medical evidence – review/audit procedure of official medical report resulting in alteration of report

Daily living Activity six (dressing and undressing) – claimant with neurological problems had to sit on bed to dress but also needed to use crutches to stand up to put trousers on and fasten them - although a bed does not count as an aid, the tribunal erred in not considering that use of the crutches might be

Child benefit can be exported under Article 7 of Regulation EC 883/2004 – priority rules for overlapping benefits in Article 68 do not apply when the claimant is receiving benefit in only one European Union member state