Caselaw summaries

Pension credit (PC) - overpayment – form relied on by Secretary of State to show misrepresentation no longer available

Right of appeal – mandatory reconsideration after more than 13 months – official error ground

Activity 5 (manual dexterity) – descriptor 5(c) ‘cannot use a pencil to make a meaningful mark with either hand’

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - overpayment – failure to disclose

Employment and support allowance – failure to adjourn to get evidence behind award of personal independence payment (PIP) mobility component

Activity 7 (communicating verbally): Secretary of State concession that lip reading should not be considered a satisfactory means of carrying on a verbal communication is a correct interpretation of the law – impediments to effective verbal communication through lip reading are such that it is not to be regarded as verbal communication to an effective standard

Activity 3 (managing medication) – client needed to be accompanied to chemist by his keyworker

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - evidence – drawing conclusions from lack of treatment

Employment and support allowance (ESA) – correct date of claim following claim for invalidity benefit made in Spain

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - exceptional circumstances – substantial risk – need to explain difference from previous decision