Caselaw summaries

Income support (IS) - social fund funeral payment – whether another family member has an ‘award’ of a qualifying benefit as at the date of death

Housing benefit (HB) - benefit cap – not unlawful – UN Convention on Rights of the Child

Income support (IS) - right to reside – retained worker status – short gaps in employment and maternity allowance

Personal independence payment (PIP) - less favourable decision by First-tier Tribunal – need for caution

Attendance allowance (AA) - competent state – UK attendance allowance claimed by Greek pensioner – Greece the competent state as ultimately responsible for claimant’s ‘benefits in kind’

Personal independence payment (PIP) - tribunal's observations of appellant during hearing - whether they need to be put to the appellant - need for fairness

Jobseekers allowance (JSA) - work programmes and sanctions – whether retrospective validation by Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 always lawful – ‘prior information requirement’

‘Zambrano carers’ and right to reside – entitlement to benefit – entitled to non-benefit support only

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - activity 8 (navigation and maintaining safety) – crossing the road – an example of a potentially hazardous task, not an exclusive and exhaustive test

Income support (IS) - notional capital – deprivation – repayment of debt