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old awards of mobility allowance
Has anyone read CDLA/2999/2004. I have read it twice, briefly, but have yet to fully consider and research it. On the face of it, it seems to mean t
nevip28-Jun-06 12:29 PM
by ken
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CA Fraud Charge with Overpayment Appeal due to be heard
Client's CA stopped with an alleged overpayment because AA recepient "not entitled" due to "fraud" awaiting court. Decision CA appealed, recepient of
LAWTCRAV25-Jun-06 02:12 AM0677
HB Appeals (22/06/06)
Had a HB overpayment appeal this morning, was stayed apparently the president of the tribunal's service made this announcement yesterday, which is tha
roecab222-Jun-06 03:45 PM0591
Re: searching for...
a copy of Court of Appeal decision -Sec of State for Social Security v Harmon v Carter and v Cocks 1999. can anyone point me to a link etc please?
jj16-Jun-06 01:25 PM
by ken
3548
renewing leave to appeal
My client asked for leave to appeal and leave was refused by the commissioner. I don't have a lot of experience of appealing to the commissioners (onl
Tony Bowman14-Jun-06 10:19 AM
by Tony Bowman
8802
Chair of Tribunal - complaint
I've recently complained about the conduct of the Chair on a Tribunal in which i acted as rep. The actual outcome of the appeal was a success for o
bensup08-Jun-06 02:24 PM
by peterdelamothe
121368
Computerised Unsigned Medical Reports
Anyone know of any useful case law or other reference material on the use of computerised evidence without a signature, as per the unsigned IB85 in in
Steven07-Jun-06 02:13 PM
by nevip
5871
% success rates at Tribunals
has anyone got the (annual?) figures re: tribunal successes where held oral/paper with/without rep? cannae find the journal that releases them - is
jason06-Jun-06 11:58 AM
by SLloyd
1741
Complaint handling by TAS (or now Tribunals Judiciary)
The following is similar to a reply I posted to an earlier thread. I would however like to make it available to a wider audience and appreciate feedba
Sunil05-Jun-06 08:45 AM
by Sunil
3837
WELFARE REFORM & PENSIONS ACT 1999: Non recoverable overpayments
Section 68 of the above Act is what appears to be an amnesty for a failure to tell the BA/DWP about any relevant facts, or later changes in their circ
LAWTCRAV30-May-06 06:03 AM0600
Changing your mind
Strange one this. Anybody had any experience of a Tribunal changing its mind between handing you the decision on the day and sending the staement of r
andy_platts25-May-06 04:06 PM
by andy_platts
101187
Making Appeals Work Conference
I attended the conference in Wolverhampton on 22nd May organised by Wolverhampton Welfare Rights and the Tribunal Service. Just wanted to say a publi
SLloyd24-May-06 02:02 PM0562
Odd reason for decision
Got a statement of reasons for a tribunal decision today, 4 months after asking for it and generally a dogs breakfast but I don't know what to make of
Damian24-May-06 01:56 PM
by Damian
8881
Incapacity Benefit Overpayment CIB/3914/2005
I've had this case before the Commissioner on two separate occasions, the second occasion resulted in Commissioner Angus substituting the decision in
c344224-May-06 12:27 PM0543
CIB/2308/2001
Has anyone got a copy of this decision? Cant find it on the net, if you have a copy please fax it to me on 0151443461 or email it to marg.byron@btin
Margie23-May-06 11:46 AM
by Margie
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CH/3016/2005
Has anyone got a copy of the above decision, If so please can you email it to me on andrew.hodkinson@bla ckburn.gov.uk Tha nk you
andrewhodkinson19-May-06 03:49 PM0397
IB Appeal
I recently represented a client at a IB appeal, the client failed his PCA and was awarded 12 points. The client is alsom in receipt of HR Mob DLA. Th
wac12315-May-06 06:26 PM
by Ruth_T
3736
New Council on Tribunals quarterly e-newsletter ...
The Council on Tribunals - that oversees the constitution and working of tribunals in Great Britain - has asked us to highlight that the latest editio
ken11-May-06 12:40 PM0499
Partially Upheld Decision
Overpayment appeal recently heard re alleged amount of £2500. Tribunal gave written decision as follows: "For 6 weeks from 10.01.04 the appellant i
suelees11-May-06 08:09 AM
by suelees
3643
Effective date of supersession:SDA
My client has been on SDA for several years and has had three 80% assessments. His last assessment was from 31/12/05 for 3 years. He lost his DLA foll
anned04-May-06 02:55 PM0487
Paper Hearing
Does anyone have any advice they can throw my way with regards the following: Client requested paper hearing and indicated she was going to send in
Derbyshire28-Apr-06 02:44 PM
by steve_h
3772
Blue Book not updated
Can anyone point me to an updated Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit ) (Consequential Amendments) Regs 2003 (SI no. 455/2003), i
Andrew_Fisher27-Apr-06 04:20 PM
by Steve
1721
Periodic Enquiry - DLA claim not sent
My client was in receipt of HRMC and MRCC. The DBU instigated a periodic enquiry. However, instead of sending client a claim pack as per usual, they s
PaulMacklin24-Apr-06 11:59 AM
by PaulMacklin
71022
IS overpayment appeal with IB as lead appeal
Hi all, IS overpayment appeal hearing imminent (working whilst claiming as incapable). We received the IS o/p bundle but with a note from the IS DM to
suelees21-Apr-06 12:38 PM
by suelees
2579
Re: New OCSSSC site.
Is it just me, or is anyone else having trouble getting the search engine to work? jj
jj13-Apr-06 05:19 PM
by MikeRob
8725
Fraud action, and sale of house
I've been approached by a man who worked and claimed for a number of years, generating a very large overpayment of Incapacity Benefit. He has alrea
Robbo13-Apr-06 10:30 AM
by Robbo
3842
Prosecution
I took over representation for a client in September 05. He has had his DLA payments suspended and is possibly being prosecuted for failure to disclos
Kayley DRN10-Apr-06 03:14 PM
by steve_h
71250
re: setting aside
hi i have a client that basically recieved a letter from us stating that when cl recieves appeals service enquiry form that he contact us so that we
salma07-Apr-06 11:17 AM
by ken
2574
Carers Allowance Appeal .Full Time Education?
Please could someone help me find wording. Basically someone in administration at university is saying cl should be doing 35-36 hours! Obviously Mr Jo
Carole L29-Mar-06 10:22 PM
by Carole L
2611
Rep asked to question client at appeal hearing
I represented a client at a DLA appeal hearing yesterday. After the panel had asked their questions I was then asked by the Chair to question the clie
Sam Warburton29-Mar-06 11:52 AM
by nevip
91181