Caselaw summaries

Income support (IS) - imposition of penalty is discretionary even if conditions for imposing it are satisfied

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

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 9 'engaging with other people face to face' - difference between need for 'prompting' (descriptor 9b) and need for 'social support' (descriptor 9c)

Pension credit (PC) - overpayment - failure to disclose and DWP computer interface - causation

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activities 7c 'needs communication support to be able to express or understand complex verbal information' and 9c 'needs social support to be able to engage with other people' - satisfaction of 7c does not automatically lead to satisfaction of 9c

Disability living allowance (DLA) - past presence test – unlawful in application to a refugees and their family members

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