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Calling specialists in bens for young people 16-25 In Scotland I am a WRO who doesn't often have to deal with young people as part of my job and am looking for any help or information from any advisers who special | LA | 10-May-07 11:23 AM by toxteth | 1 | 438 |
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Legal status of appointee We've got a case where both the appointee and her son (who she is the appointee for) claim means tested benefits. All benefits are paid in the appoint | Claire | 09-May-07 08:04 PM by Claire | 2 | 353 |
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funeral payments Working with a family - father R.I.P several years ago. Mother has R.I.P now - was living with 13 yr old daughter and claiming income support.
Other | EJ | 09-May-07 04:05 PM by Derekbell | 1 | 461 |
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Re: Disregarded Capital assistance with housing costs Hello
I am hoping someone can assist.
Client came to see me, applied for I.S to assist with housing costs, has been refused as he has capital ov | SARLOUALD | 09-May-07 10:23 AM by SARLOUALD | 2 | 472 |
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Valuing land in Martinique Hello all
I'm trying to help someone who's got a strip of land in Martinique. He paid about £500 for it in the 1990s, before he set off to the UK | Robbo | 04-May-07 04:20 PM by claire hodgson | 2 | 424 |
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IS o/p, would be virtually nil if client been receiving CTC instead, arguments at appeal? Client who has large IS overpayment due to non disclosure of capital (weak case to argue)
Client has 4 children for whom she still receives IS rather | dorchestercab | 03-May-07 02:55 PM by suelees | 2 | 464 |
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Income Support overpayment & capital Please can anyone help?
I'm working with a client who receives IS through ongoing incapacity for work on grounds of depression. During this period | Richard Tong | 02-May-07 05:40 PM by past caring | 1 | 530 |
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A practical problem with right to reside- solutions? 1. Client claims Income Support and is refused on basis of lack of right to reside. Client appeals.
2. Meanwhile, whilst awaiting the appeal, the c | Martin_Williams | 01-May-07 04:22 PM by past caring | 1 | 496 |
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Income Support I have a client who made a claim for Income Support. in order to process her claim she needed her Ex employer to supply her with final wage slips. The | halsteadcab | 30-Apr-07 09:26 PM by ariadne2 | 2 | 457 |
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IS for Housing Costs /Guarantors My client has a mortgage and has been in receipt of IS for long enough to qualify for additional benefit towards the interest on the mortgage. She has | Peter Newton | 30-Apr-07 09:18 PM by ariadne2 | 5 | 516 |
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re: income support overpayment Need some help here. I have a client who has an overpayment for income support. basically he failed to dosclose that his partner had savings over £16, | salma | 30-Apr-07 02:29 PM by salma | 4 | 590 |
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Re: Portuguese family habitual residency test for purposes of I.S Hello
I hope someone can help, I have a Portuguese client who came to the UK february 1999. When he arrived he found f/t employment and paid tax an | SARLOUALD | 30-Apr-07 12:50 PM by SARLOUALD | 2 | 406 |
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ex matrimonial home as capital Client has fled the matrimonial home due to domestic violence. She has the children with her, now in privately rented accommoation. He is alone in ex | greenwich | 27-Apr-07 10:56 AM by nevip | 5 | 479 |
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JSA - estimated self employed earnings forecast My client's JSA has stopped. He is self employed on a very low income. Some weeks he is running his business at a loss. JSA stopped because the income | Nicola Wallace | 26-Apr-07 04:12 PM by Nicola Wallace | 3 | 406 |
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Young People 16-17 yrs Not my area can anyone enlighten me on the benefits for this age group in particular Get Ready for Work and Skillseekers.
How much do they get paid f | LA | 24-Apr-07 01:44 PM | 0 | 315 |
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Income Support in residential college Can anyone help me find information about IS in residential college? I'm sure I remember seeing a Commissioner's decision about it but I can't find it | Linda W | 23-Apr-07 10:29 AM by penny newell | 4 | 418 |
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deductions for fines our client is having £5 per week deducted from his JSA for fines - the new CPAG at p 1003 says the maximum should be £3 so I queried it. The job centr | southwest | 21-Apr-07 11:32 AM by southwestlaw1 | 2 | 414 |
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re: income support overpayment (2 different periods - same facts) I dont know if anyone has come across this but a client approached us appealing a capital and an overpayment decison. Client put both decision dates c | salma | 19-Apr-07 05:43 PM by ariadne2 | 3 | 477 |
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re: disregard of personal injury compensation hi guys
has anyone come across or dealt with a case where a client has recieved personal injury compensation? Well, i have repersented on a case wher | salma | 19-Apr-07 09:20 AM by salma | 3 | 555 |
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I/S & SDP
Scenario: Couple with two children - one parent on highest rate care - one parent on middle rate care - in addition to the double SDP, the Income su | mike shermer | 19-Apr-07 08:47 AM by mike shermer | 8 | 611 |
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abroad for 30 days I have a client who was abroad for just over 4 weeks, left UK on the 28th Feb, arrived 1st March, left abroad on 29th March, arrived back in UK on the | dcarlin | 17-Apr-07 10:55 AM by dcarlin | 2 | 606 |
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Bank charges refunds- will they affect the benefit? hello guys; I have a question with regards to the bank charges refunded by banks (as a settlement of a complaint NOT as an effect of a court order) an | Joanna | 16-Apr-07 04:19 PM by Joanna | 5 | 648 |
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Married abroad and waiting for husband's visa... Hi,
We have a client who has applied for I.S.. She went abroad (W.Indies), became pregnant, married the father (with whom she already has a child) a | Alison Morgan | 12-Apr-07 12:32 PM by nevip | 1 | 375 |
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Income Support and Savings I have a client who had £15220.03 savings in 2004. In 2006 she no longer had those savings but Income Support are now deducting £37 from her Income Su | wirral | 11-Apr-07 04:05 PM by wirral | 4 | 642 |
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A8 and Worker Registration Hello all,
Could someone clarify this for me - A8 national started work on 27/06/05 but did not register until 15/08/05 ( Registration Certficate | pclc | 10-Apr-07 01:14 PM by carol barnett | 2 | 562 |
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R2r I don't normally come across this, so any help and comments would be much appreciated.
Coup le - one Dutch, one French - came to UK Dec. 2005 with 2 | Derek | 05-Apr-07 08:14 PM | 0 | 350 |
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Failure to attend a medical -Reduced rate IS while appealing I am convinced that my client is not entitled to reduced rate Income Support while appeal decision to stop IS due to failure to attend a medical. Howe | Sam Warburton | 04-Apr-07 03:51 PM by ruthch | 5 | 686 |
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Is this new? I've just seen a JSA decision for an EU national, claiming as a workseeker stating pursuant to reg 17(3) C&P we only made an award for 6 months in the | Dan_manville | 04-Apr-07 10:22 AM | 0 | 417 |
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Income Support Overpayment A client of one of my colleagues was on DLA Middle Rate Care, but on reassessment this was reduced to the Low Rate Care. He is in receipt of income s | graham | 03-Apr-07 11:43 AM by judithH | 4 | 626 |
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R2R - Nursery Education Is General Education Have recently represented in R2R case where claimant was Portugese national with two children. A fairly long story but eventually she claimed IS afte | Derekbell | 02-Apr-07 02:11 PM | 0 | 360 |