Sabrina Dubash examines the considerations around determining ‘good cause/reason’ for not attending a medical assessment, highlighted by recent caselaw.
Mark Willis reviews recent caselaw providing helpful clarification of when a claimant’s work enables her/him to count as ‘self-employed’ for the purposes of working tax credit (WTC).
Martin Williams discusses issues and tactics for challenging decisions to refuse or end entitlement to universal credit (UC) on the ground that a claimant commitment (CC) has not been accepted.
On 17 September 2019, CPAG filed a judicial review claim challenging the lower standard allowance in universal credit for lone parents who are under 25. Permission to apply for judicial review was refused at an oral permission hearing on 11/12/19. CPAG sought permission to appeal this decision in the Court of Appeal but permission was refused on 30 April 2021.
CPAG has brought a challenge in the Upper Tribunal to HMRC's refusal to backdate payments of the disability element of child tax credit (CTC), following underpayments of benefit prior to April 2016. A decision is currently awaited.
Several recent cases have provided some clarity about how claimants’ use of public transport and private motors cars can affect their award of personal independence payment (PIP). Ed Pybus looks at how this clarity may help claimants apply for PIP and challenge PIP decisions.
Whether creating a universal credit account and clicking 'Make a claim' is sufficient to count as a defective claim for universal credit? The claimant in CUC/968/2019 created an online universal credit account. He then clicked 'Make a claim'. He did not complete all of the questions the system then generated on the same day. Instead he logged out and did not complete all the questions and click 'Submit claim' until a few days later.
Martin Williams considers the implications of a recent Upper Tribunal decision concerning the treatment of ‘vulnerable adults’ by the First-tier Tribunal.
