Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - less favourable decision by tribunal - need for 'sufficient notice' of intention to consider adverse decision - need to keep issue of whether to adjourn for an oral hearing under review

Universal credit - live service - backdating -defective question on online claim form did not render the official computer system 'inoperative'

Universal credit (UC) - right to reside

Personal independence payment (PIP) - ability to carry out an activity 'safely' - test is of a 'real possibility' of harm, not the occurrence of harm being 'more likely than not' - applies to need for supervision in same way

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - right to reside - jobseeker

Tax credits - childcare costs - inadequate HMRC approach and tribunal error

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 7 (communicating verbally) and Activity 9 (engaging with other people face to face)-hearing-impaired claimant - regarding Activity 7 tribunal erred in assessing claimant's difficulties in communication overall rather than only by way of spoken word

Tax credits (TC) - couples - whether married couple permanently separated

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 5 - managing toilet needs or incontinence

Personal independence payment (PIP) - retinal implant-whether an 'aid or appliance' - internal implants and PIP