Caselaw summaries

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - when assessment phase ends

Housing benefit (HB) - tribunals - First-tier Tribunal cannot review one of its decisions on its own initiative

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

Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - right to reside - AB national - self-sufficiency and comprehensive sickness insurance

Housing benefit (HB) - local housing allowance - one-bedroom self-contained accommodation - meaning of 'exclusive use' of rooms

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - continence descriptor 9(a) - loss of control leading to extensive evacuation of the bowel and/or voiding of the bladder sufficient to require cleaning and a change of clothing

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