Case law
A comprehensive library of universal credit-related case law from the Upper Tribunal and the higher courts, with links through to the full judgment and to the rightsnet summary.
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| Case name | Neutral citation | Jurisdiction | Date | Reference | Summary | Number | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GB v SSWP |
|
Upper Tribunal |
3/12/2025 |
UA-2025-000251-UHC |
Tribunal’s jurisdiction to hear appeals regarding official error is unaffected by thirteen-month limit for notifying changes of circumstance |
2025 |
|
AI v DfC |
[2025] NI Com 4 |
NI Commissioners |
5/2/2025 |
C008/24-25(UC) |
Tribunal’s finding that claimant can undertake work-related activity without substantial risk must be reconciled with the descriptors it applied |
2025 |
4 |
MN v DfC |
[2025] NI Com 10 |
NI Commissioners |
13/3/2025 |
C9/24-25(UC) |
Tribunal erred in failing to address ‘blatant tension’ between issue of repeated fit notes and disputed evidence about claimant’s capability for work |
2025 |
10 |
IU v SSWP |
[2025] UKUT 130 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
15/4/2025 |
UA-2024-000097-ULCW |
Whether an activity can be carried out safely is a material issue for all descriptors relating both to navigation and to maintaining safety under Activity 8 |
2025 |
130 |
AL v SSWP |
[2025] UKUT 184 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
13/6/2025 |
UA-2024-001717-ULCW |
Tribunal provided inadequate reasoning for finding substantial risk for LCW but not LCWRA, and should have considered weight given to HCP’s evidence where they did not have access to list of work-related activities |
2025 |
184 |
BZ, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
[2025] EWHC 1814 (Admin) |
High Court |
16/7/2025 |
– |
Interpretation of Withdrawal Agreement provisions relating to rights of dependant family members who are not EU nationals and cease to be dependant by reason of domestic abuse |
2025 |
1814 |
LMN & Anor, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
[2025] EWHC 1849 (Admin) |
High Court |
18/7/2025 |
– |
High Court rules that exempting non-consensually conceived children from the two-child limit if they are born third or later, but not if they are born first or second, is lawful |
2025 |
1849 |
PJ v SSWP |
[2025] UKUT 284 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
18/8/2025 |
UA-2024-000855, USTA UA-2024-000856, USTA UA-2024-000853-ULCW |
Tribunal erred in law by assessing repeated but fluctuating withdrawals from a personal pension as ‘income’ for the purposes of universal credit
|
2025 |
284 |
KK v SSWP |
[2025] UKUT 259 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
1/8/2025 |
UA-2024-000647-USTA |
Upper Tribunal rejects ‘phasing’ of universal credit temporary absence disregards, and rules that absence for medical treatment must be ‘solely in connection with’ that treatment from the outset |
2025 |
259 |
SB v SSWP |
|
Upper Tribunal |
17/11/2025 |
UA-2025-000657-USTA |
Tribunal erred in law by failing to explicitly assess the payment, liability and occupation conditions to determine entitlement to the housing costs element |
2025 |
|
AA v SSWP |
[2025] UKUT 394 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
24/11/2025 |
UA-2023-001431-USTA |
The Upper Tribunal finds that a First-tier Tribunal was correct to apply a two-month temporary absence disregard in the case of a universal credit claimant attending a funeral abroad who was caught by Covid-19 travel restrictions |
2025 |
394 |
KC v SSWP |
|
Upper Tribunal |
24/10/2025 |
UA-2025-000037-USTA |
Failure to consider whether a claimant had a legal and beneficial interest in capital in excess of £16,000 amounted to an error of law |
2025 |
|
Simkova v SSWP |
[2025] UKSC 41 |
Supreme Court |
19/11/2025 |
– |
Supreme Court rules universal credit child element is not a separate family benefit payable under EU coordination rules for a child living abroad |
2025 |
41 |
AP v SSWP |
[2025] UKUT 330 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
2/10/2025 |
UA-2025-000597-UHC |
DWP’s refusal to change decision due to ‘policy’ constituted refusal to revise despite lack of mandatory reconsideration notice |
2025 |
330 |
DB v SSWP |
|
Upper Tribunal |
18/9/2025 |
UA-2025-000236-UHC |
Assessment of whether a tenancy is commercial should be based on specific agreement between landlord and tenant and not on what a ‘notional commercial landlord’ would do |
2025 |
|
MK v SSWP |
|
Upper Tribunal |
16/9/2025 |
UA-2024-001085-USTA |
Not having an audio recording of a tribunal hearing may amount to a procedural irregularity making decision invalid |
2025 |
|
SSWP v MR |
|
Upper Tribunal |
19/9/2025 |
UA-2023-000349-USTA |
The Upper Tribunal finds that a First-tier Tribunal failed to consider whether the claimant had a right to reside as a self-sufficient person throughout his period of residence |
2025 |
|
SSWP v SC |
[2025] UKUT 299 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
3/9/2025 |
UA-2024-000177-USTA and UA-2024-000528-HB |
The Upper Tribunal considers whether an award of universal credit can be superseded by a closed period supersession decision that operates for a future fixed period of time so that the award can resume once the claimant returns to Great Britain |
2025 |
299 |
SP v SSWP |
|
Upper Tribunal |
15/7/2025 |
UA-2025-000041-ULCW |
Tribunal erred in failing to consider substantial risk of working 35 hours per week in absence of lesser expectation set by the DWP |
2025 |
|
Roberts v SSWP |
[2025] EWHC 51 (Admin) |
High Court |
16/1/2025 |
– |
Universal credit rent deductions scheme declared unlawful by High Court |
2025 |
51 |
SSWP v MJ |
[2025] UKUT 35 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
29/1/2025 |
UA-2023-000561-USTA |
Where LCWRA element replaces carer element in a universal credit award, the transitional SDP element should only be eroded by the difference between the two |
2025 |
35 |
KS v SSWP (UC) |
[2025] UKUT 15 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
14/1/2025 |
UA-2024-000320-ULCW |
‘Relevant period’ for the LCWRA element started running on date of self-certification in universal credit journal, and continued running despite 10-month delay in submitting first fit note |
2025 |
15 |
KL by MR v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 392 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
2/12/2024 |
UA-2023-000701-USTA |
Student’s universal credit claim which would have been successful under regulation 14 exception but for the DWP’s delay in completing a work capability assessment was correctly refused by tribunal |
2024 |
392 |
GA v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 380 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
26/11/2024 |
UA-2024-000557-USTA |
Refusal of universal credit unlawfully discriminated against claimant with pre-settled status who was unable to claim a ‘Destitution Domestic Violence Concession’ in 2022 |
2024 |
380 |
SSWP v Versnick and Another |
[2024] EWCA Civ 1454 |
Court of Appeal |
29/11/2024 |
– |
Court of Appeal holds that claimant could rely on social assistance benefits paid to his partner in order to demonstrate self-sufficiency where his presence did not increase entitlement |
2024 |
1454 |
PHC v SSWP |
UKUT 340 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
28/10/2024 |
UA-2023-000802-USTA |
Claim may be disallowed if identification is not authenticated according sections 1(1A) and 1(1B) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 |
2024 |
340 |
CK v SSWP |
UKUT 331 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
18/10/2024 |
UA-2024-000269-USTA |
Need for there to be a causal relationship between the circumstances on which a request for universal credit backdating is based and subsequent delay in making the claim, and for the delay to have been reasonable |
2024 |
331 |
SO v SSWP |
UKUT 305 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/9/2024 |
UA-2022-001601-USTA |
Student’s unearned income for purposes of universal credit assessed as if maximum available student loan had not been reduced on account of Welsh Government maintenance grant |
2024 |
305 |
RR v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 261 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
28/8/2024 |
UA-2024-000071-UHC & UA-2024-000197-USTA |
Definition of non-dependant for universal credit housing costs element and application of the ‘person normally lives in the accommodation with the renter’ test in case where an adult child lives at home part of the time and at university part of the time |
2024 |
261 |
CD v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 256 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
22/8/2024 |
UA-2023-000776-UHC |
Regulations providing that only one of two separated parents may receive a housings costs element that takes into account a child for whom they have shared care are not discriminatory |
2024 |
256 |
SSWP v VB and another |
[2024] UKUT 212 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
17/7/2024 |
UA-2021-000531-USTA |
Claimant had right to reside on basis of having taken sufficient steps towards setting up business to be considered self-employed or, alternatively, on basis of ‘Brey’ analysis of self-sufficiency |
2024 |
212 |
DJ v Department for Communities |
[2024] NICom 21 |
NI Commissioners |
19/8/2024 |
C4/24-25(UC) |
Northern Ireland Commissioner rules that tribunal that determined a WCA appeal in the absence of the claimant and without the UC50 questionnaire was procedurally unfair |
2024 |
21 |
RA v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 207 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
15/7/2024 |
UA-2023-000333-USTA |
Universal credit claimant’s failure to re-verify his identity did not give rise to overpayment from start of claim |
2024 |
207 |
MR v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 199 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/7/2024 |
UA-2024-000145-ULCW |
Tribunal erred in law by failing to adjourn paper hearing in order to allow the claimant an opportunity to respond to its concerns about his credibility |
2024 |
199 |
DR v SSWP (UC) |
[2024] UKUT 196 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
15/7/2024 |
UA-2023-000712-USTA |
Compensation for injury to feelings in settlement of an employment tribunal claim is not ‘compensation for personal injury’ that can be disregarded as capital in the calculation of universal credit |
2024 |
196 |
SSWP v PC (UC) |
[2024] UKUT 186 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
14/2/2024 |
UA-2022-00316-USTA |
EU national did not retain worker status for reasons including ‘undue delay’ of three months before making universal credit claim |
2024 |
186 |
AM v SSWP (UC) |
[2024] UKUT 137 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
4/6/2024 |
UA-2023-001439-USTA |
Tribunal’s failure to apply the temporary absence from Great Britain disregard to a claimant caught by Covid-19 travel restrictions amounted to an error of law |
2024 |
137 |
CU v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions |
UKUT 32 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
31/1/2024 |
– |
Tribunal considering claim for universal credit backdating from claimant with disability failed to consider whether hypothetical person in his circumstances could reasonably have been expected to make claim earlier |
2024 |
32 |
Simkova v SSWP |
[2024] EWCA Civ 419 |
Court of Appeal |
26/4/2024 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that universal credit child element is not a social security family benefit for the purposes of Regulation (EC) 883/2004 |
2024 |
419 |
SSWP v JA |
UKUT 52 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
19/3/2024 |
– |
Erosion of universal credit transitional protection when claimant moved on from specified accommodation breached her human rights |
2024 |
52 |
SSWP v Miah |
ECWA Civ 182 |
Court of Appeal |
1/3/2024 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that there is no requirement for a universal credit claimant to request backdating before their claim is determined |
2024 |
182 |
FL v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 6 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
11/12/2023 |
UA-2021-001442-UOTH |
Failure to provide claimant with transitional protection for loss of enhanced disability premium following natural migration to universal credit was unlawful and DWP must redecide entitlement on a lawful basis |
2024 |
6 |
GS v SSWP |
[2024] UKUT 4 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
11/12/2023 |
UA-2022-001714-ULCW |
Tribunal’s failure to mention evidence taken during hearing in its statement of reasons for decision, and later reliance on that evidence when refusing permission to appeal, amounted to error of law |
2024 |
4 |
SSWP v PL |
UKUT 288 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
22/11/2023 |
UA-2022-001685-UOTH |
First-tier Tribunal erred in law by directing Secretary of State to treat a claim for universal credit as a claim for income-related employment and support allowance |
2023 |
288 |
PR v SSWP |
UKUT 290 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
29/12/2023 |
UA-2022-000330-ULCW |
Three-month wait for universal credit LCWRA element should not be applied to older member of mixed-age couple whose ESA ended on reaching pension age |
2023 |
290 |
SSWP v AH (UC) |
UKUT 274 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
9/12/2023 |
UA-2023-000283-UHC |
Claimant who was imprisoned on remand before end of first assessment period was not entitled to universal credit |
2023 |
274 |
SSWP v AD (UC) |
UKUT 272 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
20/10/2023 |
UA-2023-000542-USTA & UA-2023-000543-USTA |
Income from student maintenance loan that was used to pay tuition fees did not reduce the amount to be taken into account in the calculation of income for universal credit |
2023 |
272 |
SSWP v AT (AIRE Centre & IMA intervening) |
EWCA 1307 (Civ) |
Court of Appeal |
8/11/2023 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that DWP must carry out individualised assessments of whether refusal to award universal credit to claimants with pre-settled status would breach their right to live in dignity |
2023 |
1307 |
SSWP v AT (Aire Centre and IMA intervening) |
UKUT 330 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
12/12/2022 |
– |
Before refusing universal credit on a right to reside ground to a claimant with pre-settled status, Secretary of State must be satisfied that refusal would not prevent them living in dignity |
2022 |
330 |
SS v Department for Communities (UC) |
NICom 31 |
NI Commissioners |
2/10/2023 |
C3/23-24(UC) |
Whether a third country national granted entry clearance under the EU Family Permit route to join partner in Northern Ireland could establish a right to reside for universal credit purposes |
2023 |
31 |
SM v SSWP (UHC) |
UKUT 176 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
18/7/2023 |
UA-2022-000261-UHC |
Meaning of ‘care’ and whether it must be required in order to establish entitlement to an additional bedroom for an overnight carer |
2023 |
176 |
AT v SSWP |
UKUT 148 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
7/8/2023 |
UA-2022-000858-UOTH |
Universal credit is not payable for a third child conceived in a stable relationship even where the two older siblings were conceived in an abusive relationship |
2023 |
148 |
Bui, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWCA 566 (Civ) |
Court of Appeal |
25/5/2023 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that Secretary of State’s practice of excluding claimants awaiting verification of national insurance number applications from advance payments of universal credit is unlawful |
2023 |
566 |
SSWP v WV |
UKUT 112 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
15/5/2023 |
UA-2021-001684-USTA |
Claimant can rely on social assistance benefits paid to a partner in order to demonstrate self-sufficiency where their presence did not increase entitlement |
2023 |
112 |
SSWP v LM |
UKUT 72 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
20/3/2023 |
UA-2021-000044-UOTH |
Universal credit earned income assessment rules are not irrational or unlawful in the case of a claimant who is paid on a fortnightly basis |
2023 |
72 |
K, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWHC 233 (Admin) |
High Court |
7/2/2023 |
– |
High Court rules that DWP decision not to waive recovery of universal credit overpayment caused by official error was unlawful |
2023 |
233 |
NK v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 65 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/3/2023 |
UA-2021-000043-UOTH |
Tribunal was entitled to decide that universal credit computer system was not ‘inoperative’ at beginning of Covid-19 pandemic and so did not prevent claimant from making a claim |
2023 |
65 |
JN v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 49 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
22/2/2023 |
UA-2022-SCO-000030-UC | Reported as [2023] AACR 7 |
Legal effect of Court of Appeal’s declaration in Johnson that universal credit earnings assessment rules were irrational and unlawful can apply to periods before the Court’s decision |
2023 |
49 |
SSWP v MS (UC) |
UKUT 44 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
15/2/2023 |
UA-2021-001957-UCH |
Universal credit child element is not a social security family benefit for the purposes of Regulation (EC) 883/2004 |
2023 |
44 |
SK & Anor v SSWP |
UKUT 21 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
20/1/2023 |
UA-2021-0002228-UOTH - Reported as [2023] AACR 5 |
Tax refund received through PAYE counts as earned income for universal credit / claimant is ‘in paid work’ where contract of employment continues through unpaid sick leave |
2023 |
21 |
HMRC v SSWP and GS (TC) |
UKUT 9 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
4/1/2023 |
UA-2021-001437-TC and UA-2021-001302-TC |
Tribunal hearing appeal against HMRC decision to end tax credits following universal credit claim is limited to determining whether SSWP is in fact satisfied that claimant meets basic conditions of entitlement to universal credit. |
2023 |
9 |
HMRC v SSWP and SA (TC) |
UKUT 350 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
20/12/2022 |
UA-2020-000563-TC | Reported as [2023] AACR 4 |
Tribunal hearing appeal against HMRC decision to terminate tax credits following claim for universal credit did not have jurisdiction to consider whether DWP was entitled to be satisfied that basic universal credit conditions were met. |
2022 |
350 |
SK v Commissioners for HMRC and SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 10 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
19/1/2022 |
CTC/73/2021 |
Reference in transition regulations to universal credit basic condition of being ‘in Great Britain’ under section 4(1)(c) of Welfare Reform Act 2012 is freestanding and not subject to qualifications in regulations authorised by Act |
2022 |
10 |
JL V Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council and SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 9 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
19/1/2022 |
CH/2263/2019 |
Universal credit claim could not be withdrawn and, even if it could, that would not affect transition from housing benefit to universal credit |
2022 |
9 |
WB v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 332 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
7/12/2022 |
UA-2022-000123-USTA |
When considering a backdating request for universal credit, tribunal should consider whether original claim included an ‘implied claim’ for a past period |
2022 |
332 |
Kays, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP (Court of Appeal) |
EWCA Civ 1593 |
Court of Appeal |
2/12/2022 |
– |
Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to universal credit disabled student rules |
2022 |
1593 |
MZ v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 292 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
29/9/2022 |
UA-2021-000695-UOTH |
First-tier Tribunal’s failure to recognise it had discretion to admit an appeal outside the 13-month absolute time limit in exceptional circumstances amounted to error of law |
2022 |
292 |
Department for Communities v OS |
NiCom 29 |
NI Commissioners |
28/10/2022 |
C2/21-22/(UC) |
Earnings received in an assessment period are to be taken into account when assessing universal credit for that period even where they relate to an earlier period and were paid late |
2022 |
29 |
AM v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 242 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
1/9/2022 |
UA-2022-000041-USTA |
Panel of three judges holds that universal credit claimants have the right to seek backdating of their claim after the decision to award benefit has been made |
2022 |
242 |
SB v SSWP |
UKUT 219 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
11/7/2019 |
CUC/2714/2018 |
Where a person has become involuntarily unemployed after less than a year, self-employed status can be retained |
2019 |
219 |
Fratila & Anor, R (on the application of) v SSWP & Anor |
EWHC 998 (Admin) |
High Court |
27/4/2020 |
– |
High Court rules that precluding pre-settled status from conferring a right to reside is not unlawful discrimination |
2020 |
998 |
Department for Communities in Northern Ireland |
C- 709 (20) |
CJEU |
15/7/2021 |
– |
CJEU rules that, while legislation excluding EU citizens with pre-settled status from universal credit is not contrary to EU law, competent authority must check that refusal of assistance does not infringe individual’s right to human dignity |
2021 |
709 |
KS v SSWP |
UKUT 132 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
3/6/2021 |
CUC/1386/2020 |
Tribunal erred in failing to ensure it had before it an accurate list of work-related activities that were available for the claimant to undertake / training of universal credit staff on providing lists to tribunals not completed until July 2020 |
2021 |
132 |
SC, CB and 8 children, R. (on the application of) v SSWP & Ors |
UKSC 26 |
Supreme Court |
9/7/2021 |
– |
Supreme Court unanimously rules that two-child limit is not incompatible with rights under Articles 8, 12 or 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights |
2021 |
26 |
Lorraine Cox, Re Application for Judicial Review |
NIQB 53 |
High Court |
7/7/2020 |
– |
High Court holds that special rules for terminal illness, in case where claimant cannot demonstrate their death can be reasonably expected within six months, are ‘discriminatory’ and ‘manifestly without reasonable foundation’ |
2020 |
53 |
The Department for Communities and The Department for Work and Pensions v Lorraine Cox |
NICA 46 |
Court of Appeal |
3/8/2021 |
– |
Court of Appeal in Northern Ireland overturns High Court judgment that differential treatment of claimants under terminal illness provisions is unlawful |
2021 |
46 |
Fratila and another (AP) (Respondents) v SSWP (Appellant) |
UKSC 53 |
Supreme Court |
1/12/2021 |
– |
Supreme Court unanimously allows DWP’s appeal against Court of Appeal ruling that government acted unlawfully in barring EU citizens from relying on pre-settled status to access universal credit |
2021 |
53 |
R (on the application of) TP and AR (TP and AR No.3) |
EWHC 123 (Admin) |
High Court |
21/1/2022 |
– |
High Court rules that failure to compensate claimants who migrated to universal credit for loss of enhanced disability premium and child tax credit disabled child element is unlawful |
2022 |
123 |
Kays, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWHC 167 (Admin) |
High Court |
28/1/2022 |
– |
High Court dismisses judicial review challenge to universal credit disabled student rules |
2022 |
167 |
Salvato, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWCA Civ 1482 |
Court of Appeal |
13/10/2021 |
– |
Court of Appeal holds that ‘Proof of Payment Rule’ requiring universal credit claimants to pay for childcare upfront is not unlawful |
2021 |
1482 |
R (Bui) v SSWP; R (Onakoya) v SSWP |
UKUT 189 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
18/7/2022 |
UA-2021-000580-JR & UA 2022-000464-JR |
DWP entitled to withhold payment of universal credit until a national insurance number has been allocated |
2022 |
189 |
RP v Department for Communities |
NICom 9 |
NI Commissioners |
11/5/2022 |
C1/22-23(UC) |
Northern Ireland Social Security Commissioner rules that the DWP did not have jurisdiction to make decision on claim for universal credit made by a claimant who lived in Northern Ireland |
2022 |
9 |
JW v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 117 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
20/4/2022 |
UA-2021-001444-ULCW |
An old style ESA claimant who claimed universal credit six months after ESA ended was entitled to receive LCWRA element immediately on account of previous determination of LCWRA and national insurance credits entitlement |
2022 |
117 |
Moore & Anor v SSWP |
EWCA Civ 970 |
Court of Appeal |
23/6/2021 |
– |
Court of Appeal refuses permission to appeal against High Court decision that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful |
2021 |
970 |
Moore & Anor, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWHC 2827 ((Admin)) |
High Court |
26/10/2020 |
– |
High Court rules that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful |
2020 |
2827 |
RK, Re Application for Judicial Review |
NIQB 29 |
High Court |
25/4/2022 |
– |
High Court of Northern Ireland rules that treatment of maternity allowance as unearned income for the purposes of universal credit is not unlawful |
2022 |
29 |
FN v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 77 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/3/2022 |
UA-2021-001182-UC |
Guidance to representatives, tribunals and the DWP on the approach to obtaining information from an abusive partner to support a claim from the person fleeing abuse when a non-molestation injunction is in place - information needed in connection with a right to reside issue |
2022 |
77 |
FO v SSWP |
UKUT 56 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
25/2/2022 |
CUC/1792/2020 |
Evidence needed to decide whether a person has failed to accept a claimant commitment |
2022 |
56 |
BK v SSWP |
UKUT 73 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
8/3/2022 |
UA-2020-000306-USTA |
Whether the definition of ‘full-time course of education’ refers to actual number of hours of study rather than classification by the particular educational institution |
2022 |
73 |
LR v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 65 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
16/2/2022 |
CUC/1019/2020 |
Tribunal was correct to decide that an Irish widow’s pension should be counted as the claimant’s unearned income to be deducted from any calculation of universal credit. |
2022 |
65 |
RMcE v Department for Communities (UC) |
NICom 59 |
NI Commissioners |
8/12/2021 |
C3/21-22(UC) |
Northern Ireland Social Security Commissioner rules that a tribunal was correct to treat pay in lieu of notice as employed earnings for universal credit purposes rather than as a termination of employment payment that could be excluded from the calculation of earnings |
2021 |
59 |
Pantellerisco & Ors v SSWP |
EWCA Civ 1454 |
Court of Appeal |
8/10/2021 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that universal credit benefit cap earnings assessment is not irrational and unlawful in the case of a four-weekly paid claimant. |
2021 |
1454 |
LG v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 121 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
29/4/2021 |
CSUC/280/2020 |
Tribunal correct to take two lots of four-weekly paid wages into account in one universal credit assessment period / Johnson and Pantellerisco did not apply |
2021 |
121 |
NM v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 46 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
22/2/2021 |
CUC/761/2019 |
Consideration of the treatment of late paid earnings when real time information relating to them is reported on time / the return of a deposit paid by employee on their uniform is not classed as earnings. |
2021 |
46 |
Salvato, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWHC 102 (Admin) |
High Court |
22/1/2021 |
- |
High Court rules that requirement for universal credit claimants to pay childcare costs upfront before receiving childcare costs element is unlawful |
2021 |
102 |
ET v SSWP (UC) |
UKUT 47 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
26/2/2021 |
CUC/747/2020 | Reported as [2021] AACR 6 |
Consideration of ‘substantial risk’ arising from claimant being found fit for work includes travel to and from jobcentre and job interviews, as well as to and from work |
2021 |
47 |
Blundell & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWHC 608 (Admin) |
High Court |
17/3/2021 |
- |
High Court rules that DWP’s universal credit deductions policy’s use of a rigid formula in respect of court fines rather than the exercise of discretion as the legislation requires is unlawful. |
2021 |
608 |
KG v SSWP |
UKUT 307 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
6/11/2020 |
CUC/563/2020 |
Sanction decision overturned on account of ambiguity in the notification of the requirement to take part in a telephone interview and the claimant having good reason for failure to attend. |
2020 |
307 |
Fratila v SSWP |
EWCA Civ 1741 |
Court of Appeal |
18/12/2020 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that government acted unlawfully in barring EU citizens from relying on ‘pre-settled status’ to access universal credit |
2020 |
1741 |
CP v SSWP |
UKUT 309 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/11/2020 |
CUC/148/2020 |
Consideration of what amounts to ‘late notification of expiry of entitlement’ for universal credit backdating purposes, where claimant advised he could no longer claim housing benefit after moving to new local authority area |
2020 |
309 |
EAM v SSWP |
UKUT 247 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
7/8/2020 |
CUC/1773/2018 |
Capital from a former home can be disregarded if it is ‘more probable than not’ that it will be used for a new home |
2020 |
247 |
Caine, R (On the Application Of) v DWP |
EWHC 2482 (Admin) |
High Court |
23/9/2020 |
- |
High Court rules that the formulae for converting weekly rents to a monthly value for the purposes of calculating entitlement are neither irrational nor unlawful. |
2020 |
2482 |
W v HMRC |
UKUT 239 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
23/7/2020 |
CTC/1221/2019. |
Whether a single tax credits claimant could avoid prohibition on claiming tax credits in a universal credit full-service area by relying on previous year’s joint award. |
2020 |
239 |
MD v SSWP |
UKUT 215 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
6/7/2020 |
CUC/2777/2019 |
ESA case law relating to requirement for DWP to provide tribunals with evidence of work-related activity available in area where claimant lives applies equally to universal credit |
2020 |
215 |
Pantellerisco & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v SSWP |
EWHC 1944 (Admin) |
High Court |
20/7/2020 |
– |
High Court rules that the assessment of earnings under universal credit benefit cap rules is irrational and unlawful because it subjected a working mother to the cap solely because she was paid on a four-weekly basis rather than calendar monthly. |
2020 |
1944 |
SSWP v Johnson & Ors |
EWCA Civ 778 |
Court of Appeal |
22/6/2020 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions acted irrationally and unlawfully by failing to adapt earned income assessment rules to account for their impact on certain monthly paid claimants. |
2020 |
778 |
PP v SSWP |
UKUT 109 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
6/4/2020 |
CUC/1389/2019 | Reported as [2020] AACR 25 |
Appeal rights where a universal credit claim has been ‘closed’ for non-attendance at a jobcentre interview / whether appealable decision is subject to requirement for mandatory reconsideration |
2020 |
109 |
TD & Ors, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
EWCA Civ 618 |
Court of Appeal |
12/5/2020 |
– |
Court of Appeal rules that failure to provide transitional protection for claimants who transferred to universal credit following incorrect legacy benefit decision was unlawful |
2020 |
618 |
GDC v SSWP |
UKUT 108 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
26/3/2020 |
CUC/968/2019 | Reported as [2020] AACR 24 |
Whether universal credit date of claim can be fixed at point when claimant starts or saves progress entering online claim information rather than when completed claim is submitted |
2020 |
108 |
SSWP v AJ |
UKUT 48 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
13/2/2020 |
CUC/1617/2019 |
Whether income support including a disability premium is ‘paid on grounds of incapacity for work or disability’ / whether income support is extinguished or suspended where claimant is imprisoned |
2020 |
48 |
KD v SSWP |
UKUT 18 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
14/1/2020 |
CUC/2641/2018 |
Whether decision to apply minimum income floor was appealable / application of minimum income floor to seasonal worker |
2020 |
18 |
Northern Ireland Devolution Issues. A Reference by the Attorney General (Northern Ireland) |
UKSC 2 |
Supreme Court |
5/2/2020 |
– |
Supreme Court dismisses Northern Ireland Attorney General’s attempt to challenge the process used to roll-out universal credit in Northern Ireland, holding that process used did not raise a ‘devolution issue’ |
2020 |
2 |
AR & SXC, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
EWCA Civ 37 |
Court of Appeal |
29/1/2020 |
– |
Court of Appeal upholds High Court judgments that failure to protect income of severely disabled claimants migrating to universal credit is unlawful |
2020 |
37 |
KB v SSWP |
UKUT 408 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
19/12/2019 |
CUC/2274/2018 |
Claimant’s view that it would be pointless to apply for a vacancy does not amount to a good reason for failing to apply for a vacancy as directed by the Secretary of State. |
2019 |
408 |
SSWP v AC |
UKUT 130 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
22/3/2017 |
CUC/2924/2016 |
Analysis of proportionality is not relevant to refusal of right to reside for Greek claimant in the UK for 30 years. |
2017 |
130 |
MW v SSWP |
UKUT 184 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
6/6/2019 |
CSUC/55/2019 |
Basic condition of being in Great Britain can be met with a right to reside that falls outside situations in regulation 9(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013. |
2019 |
184 |
ODS v SSWP |
UKUT 192 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
14/6/2019 |
CUC/734/2018 |
Effect of CJEU judgment in Lounes - dependent EEA family members of dual nationals can derive right to reside where dual national exercised Treaty rights prior to acquiring citizenship of host state. |
2019 |
192 |
SC & Ors v SSWP & Ors |
EWHC 864 (Admin) |
High Court |
20/4/2018 |
– |
High Court rules that the two child limit is compatible with the ECHR, but allows claim in relation to the lawfulness of the kinship care exception. Note: the compatibility of the two child limit was further appealed to the Court of Appeal. |
2018 |
864 |
AM v SSWP |
UKUT 131 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
23/3/2017 |
CUC/2058/2016 |
Poorly drafted ‘gateway’ questions on the universal credit claim form do not amount to the computer system being ‘inoperative’. |
2017 |
131 |
PT v SSWP |
UKUT 696 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
21/12/2015 |
CUC/2888/2015 |
Wages received during an assessment period count as income for universal credit even if the job has ended. |
2015 |
696 |
LP v SSWP |
UKUT 332 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/10/2018 |
CUC/50/2018 & CUC/51/2018 |
Cause of universal credit overpayment irrelevant to its recoverability and no right to appeal against decision to recover. |
2018 |
332 |
SC & Ors, R (on the application of) v SSWP & Ors |
EWCA Civ 615 |
Court of Appeal |
16/4/2019 |
– |
Court of Appeal holds that two-child limit is not incompatible with rights under Articles 8, 12 or 14 of European Convention on Human Rights. |
2019 |
615 |
Parkin, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
EWHC 2356 (Admin) |
High Court |
19/9/2019 |
- |
High Court rules that universal credit minimum income floor is not unlawful. |
2019 |
2356 |
M v SSWP |
UKUT 443 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
1/11/2017 |
CUC/2385/2016 |
Whether a room needs to be able to accommodate a separate bedside table and clothes storage to be classed as a bedroom. |
2017 |
443 |
SXC, R (on the application of) v SSWP & Anor |
EWHC 2774 (Admin) |
High Court |
23/10/2019 |
- |
High Court considers compensation following TP, AR & SXC, R (on the application of) v SSWP ruling that transitional provisions for benefit claimants with an SDP who had transferred to universal credit were unlawful. |
2019 |
2774 |
TP & AR, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
EWHC 1474 (Admin) |
High Court |
14/6/2018 |
- |
Government’s initial failure to protect benefit rates for severely disabled people migrating to universal credit was unlawful. |
2018 |
1474 |
HMRC v LH |
UKUT 306 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
18/9/2018 |
CTC/1276/2018 |
Withdrawal of universal credit claim did not mean that it retrospectively ceased to exist for purposes of ending tax credit award. |
2018 |
306 |
TP, AR & SXC, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
EWHC 1116 (Admin) |
High Court |
3/5/2019 |
- |
Universal credit migration arrangements as originally drafted for those who received severe disability premium before 16 January 2019 were unlawful. |
2019 |
1116 |
SSWP v RW |
UKUT 347 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
23/8/2017 |
CUC/166/2017 |
Secretary of State concedes that where an employer fails to notify earnings on time, a universal credit award may be adjusted to make appropriate amendments. |
2017 |
347 |
MC v SSWP |
UKUT 44 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
8/2/2018 |
CUC/533/2017 | Reported as [2018] AACR 21 |
A child may ‘normally live’ in more than one household for the purposes of universal credit, in which case the ‘main responsibility’ test applies. |
2018 |
44 |
S v SSWP |
UKUT 477 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
3/12/2017 |
CUC/1653/2016 |
‘Good cause’ case law applies to consideration of ‘good reason’ / ignorance of law is capable of founding ‘good reason’ for failure to carry out work-related requirement. |
2017 |
477 |
SP v SSWP |
UKUT 227 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
10/7/2018 |
CUC/1067/2018 |
A claimant who fails to attend an interview because they are unaware of a notification letter must have good reason for not attending. |
2018 |
227 |
JB v SSWP |
UKUT 360 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
8/10/2018 |
CSUC/494/2017 |
Tribunals may need to consider validity of conditionality requirements imposed on claimants when deciding sanction cases. |
2018 |
360 |
RR v SSWP |
UKUT 459 (AAC) |
Upper Tribunal |
24/10/2017 |
CUC/18081/2017 |
Consideration must be given as to whether the 35 hour work search requirement should be reduced or lifted. |
2017 |
459 |
AD (a child, by her litigation friend TD) & PR v SSWP |
EWHC 462 (Admin) |
High Court |
1/3/2019 |
- |
Failure to provide transitional protection for claimants who transferred to universal credit following incorrect legacy benefit decision was not unlawful. |
2019 |
462 |
Johnson & Ors, R (on the application of) v SSWP |
EWHC 23 (Admin) |
High Court |
11/1/2019 |
– |
High Court rules that DWP’s method of assessing earned income under universal credit is unlawful. |
2019 |
23 |