Caselaw summaries
Easy access to all caselaw summaries published in our Welfare Rights Bulletin since 2013, covering welfare rights cases we think will be of interest to advisers.
Westminster City Council v AT and SSWP (HB)
[2013] UKUT 0321 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - claim by young child - national insurance number requirement - liability to pay rent
PR v SSWP (ESA)
[2014] UKUT 308 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - mobilising - potential use of wheelchair
TH v SSWP (ESA)
[2013] UKUT 0303
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - fair trial - rejection of claimant's evidence
PM v SSWP (IB)
[2013] UKUT 0301 (AAC)
Incapacity benefit (IB) - adjournment - request for domiciliary hearing - overriding need to act fairly and justly
SSWP v JG (RP)
[2013] UKUT 300 (AAC)
State pension (SP) - category D retirement pension claim while living in Gibraltar - test of 'genuine and sufficient' connection to Great Britain
SSWP v JG (IS)
[2013] UKUT 298 (AAC)
Income support (IS) - winter fuel payment - claim while living in Gibraltar
AP v SSWP (ESA)
[2013] UKUT 0293 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - agoraphobia - coping with social engagement - substantial risk
Wirral Borough Council v 1) Furlong 2) Perry 3) Salisbury independent Living and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (HB)
[2013] UKUT 0291 (AAC)
Housing benefit (HB) - exempt accommodation - definition of 'voluntary organisation'
AB v SSWP (JSA)
[2013] UKUT 0288 (AAC)
Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - contribution-based JSA - reduction for occupational pension - whether unlawfully discriminatory on age grounds
AJ v SSWP (ESA)
[2013] UKUT 0279 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - substantial risk - where job being held open for claimant - need to explore why claimant unable to return to job