Caselaw summaries

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

Pension credit (PC) - right to reside – extension of worker registration scheme 2009 – 2011 unlawful – permanent right to reside on cessation of activity

Housing benefit (HB) - ‘bedroom tax’ – application to claimants in local authority ‘Sanctuary Scheme’ adapted accommodation – not
unlawful

Housing benefit (HB) - ‘bedroom tax’ – parents with shared care of children – test of which parent child has their home with

Disability living allowance (DLA) - relevance of recent tribunal decision awarding ESA – should be considered by the DLA tribunal