News and case law

9 October, 2019

Child benefit can be exported under Article 7 of Regulation 883/2004 / priority rules for overlapping family benefits do not apply when claimant is receiving benefit in only one State

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9 October, 2019

Amendments to social security legislation to allow arrears of maternity allowance and armed forces independence payment to be ignored in calculation of capital

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9 October, 2019

Amendments to social security legislation to give effect to agreements between UK and Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on citizens’ rights following the UK’s exit from the EU

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9 October, 2019

Guidance to tribunals on application of activity 9 - ‘Engaging with other people face to face’

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9 October, 2019

Remittance of case where it was the tribunal and not the decision maker who made the first decision

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9 October, 2019

Whether consuming food in liquid form to avoid swallowing difficulties fits with defintion of ‘taking nutrition’ / relevance of pain and discomfort and reliability criterion 'to an acceptable statndard'

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8 October, 2019

DWP proactively seeking further evidence at mandatory reconsideration stage in all PIP and WCA cases

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8 October, 2019

Charities call for first payment of universal credit to be made before claimants are required to agree claimant commitment

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8 October, 2019

DWP allocates additional funding for universal credit home visiting service

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8 October, 2019

Holistic assessment should be made of claimant’s ability to plan and follow a journey on foot, driving and using public transport

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8 October, 2019

Tribunal failed to give adequate reasons for finding that daily attention of more than one and a half hours did not amount to attention for a ‘significant portion of the day’

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7 October, 2019

Managed migration regulations drawn to ‘special attention’ of both Houses for DWP’s ‘unjustifiable’ delay in laying them

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7 October, 2019

Evidence required for free school meal applications from universal credit claimants

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Court of Appeal considers whether dismissal on grounds of redundancy, later changed to grounds of theft, amounted to racial harassment

Child benefit can be exported under Article 7 of Regulation 883/2004 / priority rules for overlapping family benefits do not apply when claimant is receiving benefit in only one State

Amendments to social security legislation to allow arrears of maternity allowance and armed forces independence payment to be ignored in calculation of capital

Amendments to social security legislation to give effect to agreements between UK and Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on citizens’ rights following the UK’s exit from the EU

Welsh Government launches strategy for preventing and ending homelessness

Guidance to tribunals on application of activity 9 - ‘Engaging with other people face to face’

High Court decides not to exercise discretion in favour of claimant to grant relief from forfeiture of a lease on an application made outside six month time limit to bring a claim

Independent Age calls on government to introduce a statutory appeals process for adult social care

Remittance of case where it was the tribunal and not the decision maker who made the first decision

Whether consuming food in liquid form to avoid swallowing difficulties fits with defintion of ‘taking nutrition’ / relevance of pain and discomfort and reliability criterion 'to an acceptable statndard'

DWP proactively seeking further evidence at mandatory reconsideration stage in all PIP and WCA cases

Charities call for first payment of universal credit to be made before claimants are required to agree claimant commitment

DWP allocates additional funding for universal credit home visiting service

Holistic assessment should be made of claimant’s ability to plan and follow a journey on foot, driving and using public transport

Tribunal failed to give adequate reasons for finding that daily attention of more than one and a half hours did not amount to attention for a ‘significant portion of the day’

Managed migration regulations drawn to ‘special attention’ of both Houses for DWP’s ‘unjustifiable’ delay in laying them

Court of Session considers whether a bridging loan was provided in the context of an ‘advisory relationship’, or in breach of lender’s statutory duty

Evidence required for free school meal applications from universal credit claimants

Changes to the Debt Arrangement Scheme in Scotland