Caselaw summaries

Right to reside – jobseekers – social assistance after six months

Council tax benefit (CTB), housing benefit (HB), income support (IS) - right to reside – pregnancy and retained worker status

Child benefit (CB) - qualifying young person – disabled person undertaking home study after age 16 – breach of human rights

Disability living allowance (DLA) - overpayment – need for original decision correctly to be changed – revision of a disability benefit decision

Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment – deduction of notional entitlement of claimant's wife

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - activity 13 Initiating and completing personal action – meaning of ‘personal action’

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - sanction for failure to carry out jobseeker’s direction – turning up 10 minutes late to CV writing course

Pension credit (PC) - failure of Secretary of State to attend when directed to do so – tribunal must still conduct a rehearing and observe fairness

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - activity 7 understanding communication – sufficient to have difficulty with either verbal or non-verbal communication – difficulty in both areas not required

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - Skills Conditionality scheme – requirement to participate not unlawful – jobseeker’s agreement and actively seeking work