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.
GA v London Borough of Southwark
[2013] UKUT 0170 (AAC)
Council tax benefit (CTB), housing benefit (HB) - hearing in party's absence - set-aside - interests of justice
SSWP v MK
[2013] UKUT 163 (AAC)
Income support (IS) - right to reside - retained worker status - delay in registering as unemployed
AS v HMRC (CB)
[2013] NICom 15
Child benefit (CHB) - right-to-reside test - unlawful for child benefit - relevance of economic or social integration
SK v SSWP
[2013] UKUT 0138 (AAC)
Jobseeker's allowance (JSA) - housing costs - to be included from first day of benefit week in which the housing costs become payable (eg, from end of the 13-week waiting period)
MB and others v SSWP (ESA and DLA)
[2013] UKUT 111 (AAC) reported as [2014] AACR 1
Disability living allowance (DLA), employment and support allowance (ESA) - procedure and practice - joined ESA and DLA appeals
CJ v SSWP (IS)
[2013] UKUT 0131 (AAC)
Income support (IS) - hearing in party's absence - claimant turned up late - need to consider set-aside
EK v SSWP (ESA)
[2013] UKUT 126 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - natural justice - recent award of disability living allowance
JS v SSWP
[2013] UKUT 100 (AAC)
Amended reasons for tribunal decision on review - to be done exceptionally and with safeguards
AH v SSWP
[2013] UKUT 118 (AAC)
Employment and support allowance (ESA) - limited capability for work-related activity (support group) - Activity 1 and meaning of 'repeatedly', 'reasonable timescale', 'significant discomfort - exceptional circumstances
Newcastle City Council v LW (HB)
[2013] UKUT 123 (AAC)
Where claimant made guilty plea in criminal court - cannot attempt to change that before the tribunal