News and case law

19 October, 2021

Cross-party coalition of MPs calls on government to make immediate changes to the scope of legal aid to increase access to justice

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19 October, 2021

Meaning of ‘out of’ and ‘in the course of’ employment for the purposes of assessing whether an accident is an industrial accident

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19 October, 2021

Payment of Christmas bonus to eligible people in Switzerland following the UK’s exit from the EU

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18 October, 2021

Any PIP claimant who requests an audio recording of their face to face assessment will be given the option of waiting for service to be implemented before their assessment takes place

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18 October, 2021

DWP exploring how Video Relay Service can be adapted to support remote interpreting

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15 October, 2021 Open access

Claimants 'can engage with confidence' with DWP requests to verify their identity by 'taking a photo of you stood next to your street sign' and of 'you holding your local newspaper dated the same day'

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15 October, 2021 Open access

Conservative peer calls for MPs to be given chance to make ‘active choice’ on whether to ‘let the universal credit uplift die’

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15 October, 2021

New guidance issued following recent Upper Tribunal judgment in relation to the meaning of ‘funeral’ for the purposes of a funeral expenses payment

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15 October, 2021

DWP Debt Management’s annual customer survey shows a 97 per cent satisfaction rate

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15 October, 2021

DWP reminds local authorities that they can use an online service to view registered lasting power of attorney details

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14 October, 2021

Application of personal independence payment activities and descriptors to a claimant who is a ‘functioning alcoholic’

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14 October, 2021 Open access

Tribunal drew unfair inference that claimant had opted for paper hearing to avoid questioning when, in fact, obvious inference was that he was shielding during first Covid-19 lockdown

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14 October, 2021

Just 8 per cent of universal credit claimants with the childcare element in their payments were capped at the maximum amount in the year to July 2021

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Court of Appeal rules that moped delivery rider was a ‘worker’ as they did not have a sufficient right of substitution to remove obligation to perform work personally for delivery company

Cross-party coalition of MPs calls on government to make immediate changes to the scope of legal aid to increase access to justice

Meaning of ‘out of’ and ‘in the course of’ employment for the purposes of assessing whether an accident is an industrial accident

Payment of Christmas bonus to eligible people in Switzerland following the UK’s exit from the EU

Any PIP claimant who requests an audio recording of their face to face assessment will be given the option of waiting for service to be implemented before their assessment takes place

DWP exploring how Video Relay Service can be adapted to support remote interpreting

DWP confirms pilot of reasonable adjustments ‘passport’ to maintain record of workplace adjustments to support disabled workers

Consultation on a new affordable rent model launched in Northern Ireland

Employment case law round up

Claimants 'can engage with confidence' with DWP requests to verify their identity by 'taking a photo of you stood next to your street sign' and of 'you holding your local newspaper dated the same day'

Conservative peer calls for MPs to be given chance to make ‘active choice’ on whether to ‘let the universal credit uplift die’

New guidance issued following recent Upper Tribunal judgment in relation to the meaning of ‘funeral’ for the purposes of a funeral expenses payment

Of almost 400,000 occupied care home beds in England in 2019/2020, more than a third were occupied by self-funders

DWP Debt Management’s annual customer survey shows a 97 per cent satisfaction rate

DWP reminds local authorities that they can use an online service to view registered lasting power of attorney details

Application of personal independence payment activities and descriptors to a claimant who is a ‘functioning alcoholic’

Northern Ireland Communities Minister announces continuation of agreement with social sector landlords not to evict tenants on basis of Covid-19-related rent arrears

Tribunal drew unfair inference that claimant had opted for paper hearing to avoid questioning when, in fact, obvious inference was that he was shielding during first Covid-19 lockdown

Just 8 per cent of universal credit claimants with the childcare element in their payments were capped at the maximum amount in the year to July 2021