News and case law

17 April, 2015

28,000 benefit cap cases to be revised following benefit uprating

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17 April, 2015

Following decision in IM, tribunal must have evidence of work-related activity in local area to assess whether regulation 35 applies, even where tribunal pre-dates IM

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17 April, 2015

Tribunal should have taken into account that claimant in hospital due to mental health problems in considering whether to proceed in his absence / application for leave to appeal should have been treated as application for set aside

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16 April, 2015

Failure to explain why ESA regulation 29 not satisfied where descriptor 15(b) applies

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16 April, 2015

Whether claimants with mental health problems put at substantial disadvantage by the WCA, contrary to the Equality Act 2010

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16 April, 2015

Claimant retained worker status in five weeks between job ending and claim / worker status not ended by receipt of maternity allowance

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16 April, 2015

Incontinence descriptor in schedule 3 ESA Regulations wrongly formatted in ‘Sweet and Maxwell’ and DWP tribunal submission

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15 April, 2015

Whether claimant with severe schizoaffective disorder could qualify for DLA higher mobility component on the basis of ‘severe mental impairment’

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15 April, 2015

Tribunal may need to explain why it is departing from a DLA award which expired shortly before a new claim

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15 April, 2015

HMRC’s failure to properly deal with a tax credits appeal

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14 April, 2015

Welfare benefit and tax credits measures in the Conservative Party election manifesto

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14 April, 2015

Amendment to maternity allowance earnings rules in Northern Ireland

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28,000 benefit cap cases to be revised following benefit uprating

Black and Asian workers more likely to be in low-paid and insecure jobs

Following decision in IM, tribunal must have evidence of work-related activity in local area to assess whether regulation 35 applies, even where tribunal pre-dates IM

Tribunal should have taken into account that claimant in hospital due to mental health problems in considering whether to proceed in his absence / application for leave to appeal should have been treated as application for set aside

Branwell v Valuation Office Agency

Failure to explain why ESA regulation 29 not satisfied where descriptor 15(b) applies

Whether claimants with mental health problems put at substantial disadvantage by the WCA, contrary to the Equality Act 2010

Claimant retained worker status in five weeks between job ending and claim / worker status not ended by receipt of maternity allowance

Incontinence descriptor in schedule 3 ESA Regulations wrongly formatted in ‘Sweet and Maxwell’ and DWP tribunal submission

Whether claimant with severe schizoaffective disorder could qualify for DLA higher mobility component on the basis of ‘severe mental impairment’

Tribunal may need to explain why it is departing from a DLA award which expired shortly before a new claim

HMRC’s failure to properly deal with a tax credits appeal

Najim v London Borough of Enfield

Government publishes latest data on users of the Independent Living Fund

Community Care related measures in the Conservative Party Manifesto 2015

Housing related measures in the Conservative Party Manifesto 2015

Employment related measures in the Conservative Party Manifesto 2015

Welfare benefit and tax credits measures in the Conservative Party election manifesto

Amendment to maternity allowance earnings rules in Northern Ireland