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The (absence of) reasons in Redcar – NearlyLegal

Posted October 7th, 2013 in appeals, benefits, disabled persons, housing, landlord & tenant, news by sally

“You may well have seen or heard press stories on a First Tier tribunal bedroom tax appeal decision in Redcar and Cleveland. There has been a lot of excitable comment about it representing a ‘landmark appeal‘ and ‘hope for 440,000 disabled’. Even the tenant’s landlord, who supported her, described it as ‘fantastic news’ which ‘which should give hope to hundreds of thousands of disabled people right across the country’.”

NearlyLegal, 5th October 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

And another one… – Nearly Legal

Posted October 2nd, 2013 in appeals, benefits, carers, children, disabled persons, domestic violence, housing, human rights, judicial review, landlord & tenant, news by tracey

“Another bedroom tax judicial review has just been issued.”

Nearly Legal 30th September 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/

Westminster clear up – NearlyLegal

Posted September 30th, 2013 in appeals, benefits, disabled persons, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news by sally

“There has been a lot of excitement about the Westminster FTT bedroom tax appeal by Mr Surinder Lall (eg Guardian, CAB). As I mentioned in my last post on the FTT bedroom tax decisions, it was hard to tell what had happened by looking at the decision itself and the press reports. Some, like the CAB, have taken the view that it was Mr Lall’s use of the second room to hold and use equipment related to his disability (he is blind) that was the basis of the decision. If so, this would be a ‘current use’ decision and highly significant, in view of the DWP’s position that ‘tenant use’ should not be a factor.”

NearlyLegal, 28th September 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

Council to pay out after housing families in B&Bs for longer than six weeks – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 25th, 2013 in benefits, compensation, complaints, homelessness, housing, local government, news, ombudsmen, statutory duty by sally

“A local authority is set to pay out thousands of pounds after it housed 40 homeless families in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than the recommended limit of six weeks.”

Local Government Lawyer, 24th September 2013

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Changing rooms – NearlyLegal

Posted September 25th, 2013 in benefits, carers, disabled persons, housing, landlord & tenant, local government, news, tribunals by sally

“The bedroom tax First Tier Tribunal decisions are coming in now. And they are intriguing. In some ways, not a surprise, in others somewhat opaque. As well as the first Fife decision, there are another four Fife decisions that I’ve now seen, and a rather frustrating one from Westminster.”

NearlyLegal, 24th September 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk

Pensionsversicherungsanstalt v Brey – WLR Daily

Posted September 23rd, 2013 in benefits, EC law, freedom of movement, law reports, pensions by sally

Pensionsversicherungsanstalt v Brey (Case C-140/12); [2013] WLR (D) 352

“European Union law—in particular, articles 7(1)(b), 8(4) and 24(1) and (2) of Parliament and Council Directive 2004/38/EC of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the member states—precluded national legislation which, even in relation to the period following the first three months of residence, automatically barred the grant of a social security benefit to a national of another member state who was not economically active, on the grounds that, despite having been issued with a certificate of residence, he did not meet the necessary requirements for obtaining the legal right to reside on the territory of the first member state for a period of longer than three months, since obtaining that right of residence was conditional upon that national having sufficient resources not to apply for the benefit.”

WLR Daily, 19th September 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Director of Public Prosecutions sets out charging standards for benefit and tax credit fraud – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted September 16th, 2013 in benefits, codes of practice, Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, press releases, prosecutions by tracey

“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, has today published new guidelines for prosecutors dealing with fraud cases involving state benefits and tax credits. The charging standards will ensure a robust prosecutorial position is taken against those who commit fraud against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and will ensure a consistent approach to prosecution across the wide spectrum of criminal fraud.”

Full press release

Crown Prosecution Service, 16th September 2013

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Benefit cheats could face jail terms of up to ten years – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 16th, 2013 in benefits, codes of practice, Crown Court, Crown Prosecution Service, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“Benefit cheats could face jail terms of up to ten years under plans to crackdown on people who ‘flout the system’, the country’s top prosecutor will say on Monday.”

Daily Telegraph, 16th September 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

‘Wrong leg’ fraud case dropped at Exeter Crown Court – BBC News

Posted August 21st, 2013 in benefits, fraud, news by sally

“A man accused of benefits fraud has had his prosecution dropped because the investigations looked at the wrong leg.”

BBC News, 20th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Barrister Nadine Wilson-Ellis jailed for Bristol flat scam – BBC News

Posted August 21st, 2013 in barristers, benefits, documents, fraud, housing, landlord & tenant, news by sally

“A barrister has been sent to prison for seven months after pretending to be an unemployed single mother-of-two to get a council flat which she sub-let.”

BBC News, 20th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Fox v British Airways plc – WLR Daily

Posted August 6th, 2013 in airlines, appeals, benefits, compensation, disability discrimination, employment, law reports, unfair dismissal by sally

Fox v British Airways plc [2013] EWCA Civ 972; [2013] WLR (D) 330

“Where a claimant could establish liability for unfair dismissal and disability discrimination in respect of his son who had been a member of a company pension scheme and who died shortly after dismissal by the company for medical incapacity, the son’s estate would be entitled to compensation in a sum equivalent to the full amount of the death in service benefit that would have been payable under the scheme if the son had remained in employment at the date of his death.”

WLR Daily, 31st July 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Disabled challenge to bedroom tax fails – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 31st, 2013 in appeals, benefits, disabled persons, housing, human rights, judicial review, news by sally

“The High Court has unanimously dismissed an application for a declaration that the so-called ‘bedroom tax’ discriminates unlawfully against disabled claimants.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 31st July 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

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