Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - less favourable decision – removal of points – need for adequate warning

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - activity 1 (mobilising) – tribunal must give clear reasons for adopting descriptor (d) (ability to mobilise or repeatedly mobilise more than 200 metres) rather than descriptors (a) or (c) (ability to mobilise or repeatedly mobilise more than 50 or 100 metres)

Right to reside – ‘Zambrano carers’ – regulations not unlawful

Right to reside – family member of dual British/EEA national

Disability living allowance (DLA) - reciprocal arrangements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland regarding appeals – claimant appealing against a decision made in Northern Ireland but now living in Great Britain has appeal heard in Great Britain (and vice versa)

Right to reside – lone parent European Union (EU) national not permitted to take children back to member state of origin – refusal not disproportionate

Pension credit (PC) - right to reside - extension of worker registration scheme from 2009 to 2011 unlawful - permanent right to reside

Universal credit (UC) - ‘bedroom tax’ – meaning of ‘bedroom’ – whether room for separate bedside table and clothes storage required

Personal independence payment (PIP) - supervision – does not need to be on a one-to-one basis

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - right to reside - retained worker status