Caselaw summaries
Easy access to all caselaw summaries published in our Welfare Rights Bulletin since 2013, covering welfare rights cases we think will be of interest to advisers.
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze
[2017] EWCA Civ 1751
Pension credit (PC) - right to reside - extension of worker registration scheme from 2009 to 2011 unlawful - permanent right to reside
M v SSWP
[2017] UKUT 443 (AAC)
Universal credit (UC) - ‘bedroom tax’ – meaning of ‘bedroom’ – whether room for separate bedside table and clothes storage required
LB v SSWP (PIP)
[2017] UKUT 436 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) - supervision – does not need to be on a one-to-one basis
HK v SSWP
[2017] UKUT 421 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - right to reside - retained worker status
CC v SSWP (PIP)
[2017] UKUT 429 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 7 (communicating verbally) - Secretary of State concession that ability to lip read must not be taken into account accepted and new First-tier Tribunal to adopt that
GD v SSWP (PIP)
[2017] UKUT 415 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) - relevance of previous disability living allowance (DLA) award - tribunal's duty to consider need for further evidence
JA-K v SSWP (DLA)
[2017] UKUT 420 (AAC)
Disability living allowance (DLA) - age 65 'cut-off' regarding high rate mobility component not unlawful - R(DLA) 1/09 applied and followed
AG v SSWP (ESA)
[2017] UKUT 413 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - personal independence payment (PIP) decision as evidence - consideration of adjournment
GA v SSWP
[2017] UKUT 416 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) - reduction in award by tribunal - need to identify supersession ground
A-K v SSWP (DLA)
[2017] UKUT 420 (AAC)
Age 65 'cut-off' regarding high rate mobility component not unlawful - R(DLA) 1/09 applied and followed