Caselaw summaries

Council tax benefit (CTB), housing benefit (HB) - overpayment - official error - claimant disclosure not recorded by local authority

Income support (IS) - cohabitation - importance of public acknowledgement of committed emotional relationship

Right to reside - family members - meaning of 'dependant'

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - exceptional circumstances – substantial risk – test is not concerned with potential benefit that claimant might get from working

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - tribunal considering appeal for support group can also reconsider limited capability for work

Housing benefit (HB) - amounts for children – shared care – restriction to person receiving child benefit not unlawful

Tax credits (TC) - couples – married couple may be permanently separated even though living in same house and in same household

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - limited capability for work-related activity - exceptional circumstances - substantial risk

Right to reside - Zambrano-type right to reside - lawfulness of regulations preventing entitlement to benefit and tax credits

Claims and tribunals – local authorities are not free to follow their own procedures when administering claims for council tax benefit or housing benefit