Caselaw summaries

Disability living allowance (DLA) - disabled child - attention at school - night-time attention and 'substantially in excess' test

Tax credits (TC) - main responsibility for a child - shared care and competing claims

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - work programmes and sanctions - retrospective validation of rules - 'prior information requirement'

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 1 (preparing food) - claimant regarded as being able to carry out an activity 'safely' because lack of likelihood of harm might still separately count as needing supervision where that is mentioned in a relevant descriptor

Personal independence payment (PIP) - medical evidence - First-tier Tribunal can direct a medical examination and report if it considers that necessary

Disability living allowance (DLA) - low rate mobility component after age 65 - attempt to get high rate for deterioration

Attendance allowance (AA) - competent state - attendance allowance

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - right to reside - social assistance not a labour-market related benefit

Personal independence payment (PIP) - aid or appliance - use of a bed when getting dressed

Personal independence payment (PIP) - descriptor 4e: 'Needs assistance to be able to get in or out of a bath or shower' - in wording 'bath or shower' the word 'or' is disjunctive, so inability to get in or out of either: a bath or a shower will suffice to apply the descriptor