Welfare benefits | Thursday 1 July 2021
Universal credit policy on deductions for court fines unlawful as it did not contain exception for financial hardship
Blog by Desmond Rutledge of the Garden Court Chambers Welfare Benefits Law Team. R (Blundel & Ors) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWHC 608 (Admin)
Welfare benefits | Friday 30 April 2021
Social Welfare Update: Person subject to immigration control cannot claim Carer’s Allowance as a family member of a British national who has not exercised freedom of movement rights
Blog post by Desmond Rutledge of the Garden Court Chambers Welfare Benefits Team. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v AS (CA) [2021] UKUT 24 (AAC)
Welfare benefits | Friday 26 February 2021
Social Welfare Update: Suspension of DLA after 28 days in hospital did not violate Article 14 ECHR, in case of an adult patient with severe learning disabilities
MOC (by MG) v SSWP (DLA) [2020] UKUT 134 (AAC)
Welfare benefits | Friday 26 February 2021
Social Welfare Update: Denial of bereavement support payment to family of a deceased woman who had been unable to work and pay NI contributions due to severe disability breached ECHR
O'Donnell v Department For Communities [2020] NICA 36