Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 1 (preparing food) - descriptor 1 (c) refers only to ability to cook a simple meal, not to ability to prepare one

Tax credits (TC) - childcare element - childcare provider outside the UK - breach of European Union (EU) rules

Housing benefit (HB) - right to reside - income right to reside insufficient for HB - regulations were validly made

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

Child benefit (CB) - right to reside test - not unlawful - child benefit and child tax credit

Housing benefit (HB) - liability for rent - definition of 'owner' - where claimant subject to restraint order and confiscation order

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - sanction - failure to attend Work Programme appointment- alleged failure to receive appointment letter - adverse inference drawn by tribunal

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - oral hearing - claimant who had not returned enquiry form had not unequivocally waived right to an oral hearing - right to an oral hearing of an employment and support allowance (ESA) appeal

Personal independence payment (PIP) - moving around - pauses or stops

Right to reside and jobseekers - genuine prospect of work test - 'compelling evidence' requirement not a higher test