Caselaw summaries

Housing benefit (HB) - cohabitation - importance of emotional aspect of relationship - traditional guidelines not exhaustive

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - when ESA assessment phase ends - ends after 13 weeks or when the determination that the claimant has (or is treated as having) limited capability for work is made, whichever is the later

Incapacity benefit (IB) - decision in brief: Incapacity benefit - qualification for on basis of receipt of German unemployment benefit II (Arbeitslosengeld II) - whether counted as a cash sickness benefit for purposes of Article 40(3) of EC Regulation 1408/71 - it is now a special non-contributory cash benefit, and before that it did not qualify as a cash sickness benefit- therefore, did not provide basis for entitlement to UK long-term incapacity benefit

Right to reside - self-sufficient with comprehensive sickness cover - need to claim social assistance

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - limited capability for work - Activity 16 (Coping with social engagement)

Income support (IS) - backdating for refugees - abolition not unlawful

Bereavement benefit (BB) - refusal for deceased husband's alleged previous marriage, allegedly not terminated by purported talaq divorce by way of statutory declaration

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - mobilising - potential use of wheelchair - ability to get in and out of wheelchair and handle it

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - previous medical report - not put before tribunal - no obligation on Secretary of State

Employment and support allowance (ESA) - mobilising - potential use of wheelchair - requirement for reasonableness in context of medical condition