Caselaw summaries

Pension credit (PC) – income – private pension paid to ex-wife as a way of fulfilling formal separation agreement

Personal independence payment (PIP) – ‘assistance’ – definition requires physical ‘intervention’ and is not involved where someone undertakes the whole task for the claimant

Personal independence payment (PIP) - reduction of award on renewal claim – need to explain difference from original award

Income support (IS) on basis of being a foster carer – claimant stopped being a foster carer when she obtained a special guardianship order for the child (and later got child benefit and child tax credit)

Personal independence payment (PIP) – mobility descriptors – removal of reference to ‘psychological distress’ unlawful

Personal independence payment (PIP) – prompting – presence of children

Right to reside – self-employed worker – retained worker status

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - decision without oral hearing – over-reliance on ability to make a decision

Personal independence allowance (PIP) claimed by a carer – tribunal approach

Personal independence payment (PIP) - change in current award – need to identify supersession ground