Caselaw summaries

Bedroom tax – meaning of ‘bedroom’ – does not refer to a room capable of use by the particular category of occupant

Pension credit – income in personal pension – available income not withdrawn is notional income

Supersession and tribunals – must identify a ground for supersession, a ‘factual basis’ for the superseding decision and the date from which the superseding decision is effective

Benefit cap – not unlawful

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - permitted work – averaging earnings – irregular hours under a zero-hour contract

Evidence relating to previous disability living allowance (DLA) award – claimant needed someone to guide or supervise him outside – clearly an overlap with previous award of DLA lower rate of mobility component and tribunal should have had that before it

‘Natural’ migration to universal credit – draft rules for transitional payments for severely disabled claimants who migrated before 16 January 2019 – unlawful

Bereavement benefits - surviving partner of a religious marriage recognised in Pakistan but not in England and Wales – human rights

Tribunals – procedural irregularities leading to set-aside

Two-child limit – not unlawful