News and case law

16 April, 2018

First-tier Tribunal does not have jurisdiction where there has been no valid appeal

More Welfare rights case law

13 April, 2018

Reading and understanding written information when BSL is the claimant's primary means of communication

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13 April, 2018

Tribunal put on notice to seek ESA claim history by evidence that a longstanding health condition had not changed

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12 April, 2018

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into benefit sanctions

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12 April, 2018

Minimum Income Floor in universal credit is unfair and risks causing financial hardship to self-employed workers, says Citizens Advice

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12 April, 2018

Deciding where a child normally lives for the purposes of universal credit

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12 April, 2018

Introduction of the Verify Earnings and Pensions Alerts service for detecting fraud and error in the housing benefit system

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12 April, 2018

A tribunal's reasons must respond to the claimant’s arguments when they do not coincide with individual PIP activities

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11 April, 2018

Tribunals Service introduces new ‘Track Your Appeal’ service for PIP appeals

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11 April, 2018

Scotland's plans to abolish bedroom tax at source in universal credit delayed until May 2020 at earliest

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11 April, 2018

A non-dependant cannot 'normally reside with' a housing benefit claimant if their normal home is elsewhere

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10 April, 2018

Contradictions between a tribunal's decision notice and statement of reasons are likely to amount to an error of law

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10 April, 2018

Whether a tribunal must reconsider discretionary decisions that refuse to extend the date on which a late DLA claim is treated as made

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250,000 private tenants with repair issues do not complain for fear of being evicted

Employment case law round up

First-tier Tribunal does not have jurisdiction where there has been no valid appeal

Reading and understanding written information when BSL is the claimant's primary means of communication

Tribunal put on notice to seek ESA claim history by evidence that a longstanding health condition had not changed

Work and Pensions Committee launches inquiry into benefit sanctions

Minimum Income Floor in universal credit is unfair and risks causing financial hardship to self-employed workers, says Citizens Advice

Deciding where a child normally lives for the purposes of universal credit

Majority of councils across England are struggling to find housing for homeless people

Ombudsman criticises council who left homeless family in single hotel room for more than three years

Introduction of the Verify Earnings and Pensions Alerts service for detecting fraud and error in the housing benefit system

A tribunal's reasons must respond to the claimant’s arguments when they do not coincide with individual PIP activities

Revised code of practice for care charging and financial assessments by local authorities in Wales

Tribunals Service introduces new ‘Track Your Appeal’ service for PIP appeals

Scotland's plans to abolish bedroom tax at source in universal credit delayed until May 2020 at earliest

Number of deaths of rough sleepers has more than doubled over the last five years

A non-dependant cannot 'normally reside with' a housing benefit claimant if their normal home is elsewhere

Contradictions between a tribunal's decision notice and statement of reasons are likely to amount to an error of law

Whether a tribunal must reconsider discretionary decisions that refuse to extend the date on which a late DLA claim is treated as made