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Habitual Residence, Reg 13 Claims and Payments and CPAG
Confused, as usual.
Cl came from Pakistan April 2008 and within 3 days made a claim to JSA. She speaks little English and had not been to the UK be | PaulW | 26-Feb-09 08:22 AM
by shaun | 3 | 331 |
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Telephone claims
I've am client that asserts he made numerous claims for IS last year over the phone. We don't do claims, just appeals and I've no idea how long a tele | Dan_manville | 25-Feb-09 10:39 AM
by suelees | 3 | 433 |
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secret trusts
I've got an income support overpayment appeal and am arguing the existence of a secret trust. I have read somwhere that there is a Commissioner's dec | judithd | 20-Feb-09 03:26 PM
by judithd | 6 | 916 |
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DWP misadvice
I have just been told by an official at our IS processing centre that a claimant must be getting DLA for a year before they can get SDP.
When I cha | Tony Bowman | 20-Feb-09 02:52 PM
by nevip | 2 | 325 |
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Polish self employed workers
Am I right in thinking that if a polish self employed worker has now wound down his business and has never actually been employed and registered he ca | charliek | 20-Feb-09 01:26 PM
by nick nicolson | 1 | 319 |
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Right to Reside & domestic violence
My question is: can my french national client with 2 children claim IS? She is still married to her french national husband but they separated in 200 | jom | 19-Feb-09 01:26 PM
by pclc | 1 | 348 |
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Student/responsible for 17 yr old
I have a client age 18, in full-time, non-advanced education. He receives EMA and works 8 hrs pw, earning minimum wage.
His mother has passed away | jutucker | 19-Feb-09 09:47 AM
by jutucker | 2 | 257 |
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jsa and availability for work
I have a client who signed on for jsa june 08 then started a two day course(16hours) sept 08. His jsa has been stopped on the grounds that he is not a | joaniewilkinson | 19-Feb-09 09:29 AM
by ariadne2 | 3 | 400 |
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IS after INCAP appeal win.
Hi guys, hope you can help clear something up.
I have a client who's IS was stopped after she failed a PCA in June last year. While waiting for th | adviceshop | 13-Feb-09 09:52 AM
by nevip | 2 | 341 |
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Old overpayment recovery
Client asked for £1198 in DWP letter. Had no knowledge of owing them anything. Rang, & was told she owed £1198 from 1990 when she was claiming IS. | Derek | 12-Feb-09 08:59 AM | 0 | 325 |
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jsa and pregnancy
I have an EU 16 client who is getting JSA as she was previously working... she is pregnant with baby due in Feb.... she is not allowed to claim Income | nick nicolson | 10-Feb-09 03:12 PM
by nick nicolson | 26 | 1838 |
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Income Support Overpayment
Hi,
Im looking for some help with an income support overpayment appeal. I have a client with an overpayment of £14k from 01/02 as he failed to dis | adviceshop | 10-Feb-09 01:05 PM
by Casework team | 5 | 533 |
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Income Support & Working Tax Credits
Hello all
I saw a client on Friday, who had finished work due to ill health back in June, and was correctly getting Income Support as sick person | mpmap | 06-Feb-09 10:28 AM
by mpmap | 3 | 571 |
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Disregarding capital -divorce settlement
Could anyone advise me on this query please?
I have been contacted by an advocate on behalf of their client who is very ill with MS. The Court has | Liz S | 06-Feb-09 10:08 AM | 0 | 290 |
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Housing Costs
Just a very quick query. A member of staff at the bureau said that she attended Shelter training and was told that people in negative equity could mov | roecab3 | 04-Feb-09 03:33 PM
by roecab3 | 6 | 452 |
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In Work Credit
(This is the £40 pw for 52 weeks for lone parents going to work after being on IS/JSA for over a year).
Have a client who should have qualified whe | Don C | 03-Feb-09 06:34 PM
by Ruth_T | 7 | 602 |
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Joint claim JSA and R2R
In a joint claim for JSA, where is it written down that, where one member is a Person From Abroad, having failed the r2r that their applicable amount | Dan_manville | 03-Feb-09 01:07 PM
by Dan_manville | 1 | 367 |
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Matrimonial settlement - possible deprivation?
One of my colleagues is advising client on a divorce settlement.
She is on GPC and her estranged spouse currently pays the mortgage in full.
The | suelees | 03-Feb-09 10:06 AM
by suelees | 2 | 425 |
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IBJSA appeal - misleading advice of DWP to claim wrong benefit
An EC claimant was receiving IBJSA jointly with her former partner (the main claimant). When she split from her partner, she visited her local JCP to | sryan | 30-Jan-09 11:23 PM | 0 | 404 |
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ISMI and increase in share of shared ownership property
My colleague asked me to post regarding this case.
Client moved into a shared ownership property - part rent, part buy. A year later while still w | Victoria J | 30-Jan-09 09:19 PM
by ariadne2 | 5 | 422 |
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Tariff income / notional income re IS
Reg 53 of the IS regs details calculation of tariff income - which reg details the relationship between notional income and tariff income?
Thanks i | derbyadvic | 30-Jan-09 01:16 PM
by Gareth Morgan | 1 | 298 |
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Leaving work & JSA (CB)
Watch out for this happening in your area.
Over the last 3 weeks we have seen 8 people who have contacted the 0800 0 55 66 88 claim number many wee | billmcc | 29-Jan-09 01:45 PM
by billmcc | 4 | 676 |
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living together case
I currently have an appeal case orginally this case was listed a few yrs ago as a living together case. The client was dating the man at the time and | philly | 29-Jan-09 12:13 PM
by johnwilson | 1 | 394 |
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Diminishing capital rule
Client failed to declare capital of £20k when she applied for IS so now has an overpayment for the period 06/05/05 to 21/08/08 when IS stopped. She ha | BrianSmith | 29-Jan-09 11:57 AM
by BrianSmith | 8 | 589 |
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JSA and Big Issue Vendors
Hi
I am going to be doing some welfare rights work with Big Issue vendors and the tricky subject of their earnings has come up.
If they are on JSA t | Herbert | 28-Jan-09 03:25 PM
by johnwilson | 1 | 374 |
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Overpayment of Income support
Hi I need some help and hope somebody can help me.
One of my clients started receiving letters stating that she needs to pay more service charges. We | Antonina | 27-Jan-09 11:18 AM
by sharoosunidhi | 3 | 1100 |
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Student visa
Before I google I'll ask...
Does anyone jave a linky to hand to the regulations that regulated student visas in 2004. I've a Pole who was in UK pre | Dan_manville | 27-Jan-09 10:45 AM
by Dan_manville | 1 | 288 |
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3rd party payments from PPI to finance company
Client took out ppi in case of sickness to cover HP payments for car. Payments are made direct from insurance company to finance company.
His IS i | suelees | 22-Jan-09 09:29 PM
by ariadne2 | 3 | 363 |
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EEA national, right to reside and I.S
Can anyone help?
Client and wife are dutch. Client has worked in U.K, then claimed JSA, then advised by DWP to claim I.S as carer when son got DLA. C | jacky | 22-Jan-09 03:00 PM
by Dan_manville | 8 | 594 |
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Changes to IS entitlement
Tried googling and other sites but can't find amending regs to schedule 1b stopping claims for incap. could anyone point me in the right direction. I' | Semitone | 22-Jan-09 01:00 PM
by Semitone | 2 | 359 |
Income Support & Jobseeker's Allowance
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