Caselaw summaries

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - impermissible medical examination – claimant asked to roll-up trouser leg

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 1 (preparing food) – walking stick or stool can be an ‘aid or appliance’ – tribunal’s need to put claimant on notice regarding removal of points

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 3 (managing therapy) – assistance setting up TENS machine counts

Activity 9 (continence) – a bucket is not an ‘aid or adaptation’ – mobility problems are relevant only where the claimant also has a continence problem

Income support (IS) - mortgage interest payments – deferred sale agreements imposed by court order in divorce proceedings

Working tax credit (WTC) – disabled worker element and 16-hour work requirement

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - 'scrutiny’ decisions on limited capability for work before 4 December 2013 – process resulted in legally invalid decisions of no legal effect

Housing benefit (HB) - overpayment – official error in averaging earnings

Housing benefit (HB) - ‘bedroom tax’ – bedroom converted to a living room – re-designation of room may be relevant – mental health condition

Personal independence payment (PIP) - activity 9 (engaging with other people face to face) – ability to engage ‘repeatedly’ and ‘to an acceptable standard’