Caselaw summaries

Personal independence payment (PIP) - PIP Activity 3 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition' - claimant with paranoid schizophrenia living in a 24-hour staffed care home

Tax credits (TC) - section 16 Tax Credits Act 2002 in-year 'review' power - correct procedure

Personal independence payment (PIP) - PIP Activity 1 (preparing food) - not relevant to take into account claimant's 'cultural cuisine'

Universal credit (UC) - income - earnings paid after end of employment and received during assessment period

Personal independence payment (PIP) - mobility component - ability to 'follow the route' of a journey - test is of ability to navigate

Disability living allowance (DLA) - age 65 cut-off rule for DLA mobility component - not contrary to EU freedom of movement law

Personal independence payment (PIP) - a PIP daily living component Activity 3 'managing therapy or monitoring a health condition' - claimant with breathing problem needed supervision in case of an attack

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - activity 2(c) ability to remain 'at a work station' - claimant has to sit with her leg raised and straightened all the time satisfies descriptor as cannot remain either standing or sitting 'at a work station'

Carer's allowance (CA) - benefit cap - breach of human rights regarding disabled people and carers

Disability living allowance (DLA) - appeal against SSWP v YB (high rate mobility DLA for blind or visually impaired) - appeal dismissed as incompetent