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.
SP v HMRC (No.2)
[2017] UKUT 329 (AAC)
Tax credits (TC) - penalties - right of appeal - correct approach
SSWP v GM
[2017] UKUT 268 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) – ‘assistance’ – definition requires physical ‘intervention’
Hrabkova v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2017] EWCA Civ 794
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - right to reside - primary carer of child in education - self-employed worker
R (DA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2017] EWHC 1446 (Admin)
Housing benefit (HB) - benefit cap - unlawful discrimination regarding lone parents with children aged under two
LS and RS v HMRC
[2017] UKUT 257 (AAC)
Tax credits (TC) - revision of current award - section 16 Tax Credits Act 2002
LH v SSWP (RP)
[2017] UKUT 249 (AAC)
State pension (SP) - overpayment recovery - failure to disclose - where relevant office already knew the material fact
DB v SSWP (ESA)
[2017] UKUT 251 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - substantial risk - limited capability for work - need to give adequate reasons regarding the type of work which claimant could do
TH v SSWP (PIP)
[2017] UKUT 231 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) - reduction in award before end date - need to identify supersession ground
DV v SSWP (PIP)
[2017] UKUT 244 (AAC)
Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 9 (Engaging with other people face to face) - visually impaired claimant
TC v SSWP (JSA)
[2017] UKUT 222 (AAC)
Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - habitual residence - meaning of 'living in' the common travel area