Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) – Descriptor 9(c) ‘needs social support to be able to engage with other people’

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component - symptoms that are somatic in origin may be considered - ability to 'follow the route' of a journey

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to PIP – claimant alleged did not report a change of circumstances – Secretary of State has a general power to initiate transfer

Housing benefit (HB) - 'bedroom tax' - meaning of 'bedroom' - overcrowding legislation not a determinative test

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - electronic claim – date of claim

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - drug dependency – substantial risk

Tax credits (TC) - living together as husband and wife – HMRC failure to ask necessary questions

Personal independence payment (PIP) - Activity 1 'preparing food' - the mention of cooking using a microwave in descriptor 1 c does not refer to the heating up of ready prepared microwave meals

Personal independence payment (PIP) - transfer from disability living allowance (DLA) to PIP – date PIP commences – whether there should be a fixed or indefinite award

Working tax credit (WTC) – full-time work – working in expectation of payment