Caselaw summaries

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

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility – Activity 1 (planning and following journeys) – need for another person regarding overwhelming psychological distress – passive presence can be sufficient

Universal credit (UC) - overpayment – wages received in assessment period – no right of appeal against decision to recover