Welfare Benefit in UK Law

  • R (RJM) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
    • House of Lords
    • 22 October 2008
    ... ... 6 I have had the benefit of reading in draft the speeches of my noble and learned friends, Lord ... examine afresh the question whether a claim to a non-contributory welfare benefit should attract the protection of [A1P1]" (para 46). Fourthly, ... ...
  • R (on the application of Moseley) v Haringey London Borough Council
    • Supreme Court
    • 29 October 2014
    ... ... 2013 there was a scheme in England for the payment of Council Tax Benefit ("CTB") for the relief, in whole or in part, of certain persons from their ... 7 Section 33(1)(e) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 duly abolished CTB with effect from 1 April 2013. Section ... ...
  • Humphreys v Revenue and Customs Commissioners
    • Supreme Court
    • 16 May 2012
    ... ... father was in receipt of income support, contributory incapacity benefit and non-contributory disability living allowance. Income support was, of ... will form a stable and secure income bridge as families move off welfare and into work. It will also provide a common framework of assessment, so ... ...
  • Nzolameso v Westminster City Council
    • Supreme Court
    • 02 April 2015
    ... ... Her rent of £1,150 per week was covered by housing benefit. In 2012, however, a cap (known as the local housing allowance) was placed ... The children's welfare ... 22 Shelter Children's Legal Service have ... ...
  • R (Elaine McDonald) v Kensington & Chelsea Royal London Borough Council
    • Supreme Court
    • 06 July 2011
    ... ... required under that section to make arrangements for promoting her welfare, (iii) the respondents are satisfied that it is necessary in order to meet ... or unreasonably difficult for disabled persons to receive any benefit that is or may be conferred, or (b) unreasonably adverse for disabled ... ...
  • Wisely v John Fulton (Plumbers) Ltd; Wadey v Surrey County Council
    • House of Lords
    • 06 April 2000
    ... ... But this system did not extend to the full range of welfare benefits. Only those specified in section 2(1) of the Act as amended from ... These were sickness benefit, invalidity benefit, non–contributory invalidity pension, severe ... ...
  • The Queen (on the Application of SG and Others (Previously JS and Others)) v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 1) Child Poverty Action Group and Another (Interveners)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 February 2014
    ... ... This appeal relates to what is generally known as the "benefit cap" imposed by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 ("the Act") and the Benefit ... ...
  • Ahmed (benefits: proof of receipt; evidence)
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 19 June 2012
    ... ... Benefit is usually calculated on a weekly basis but is often paid fortnightly ... or who have colleagues who do will already be aware of the Welfare Benefits and Tax Credits Handbook published by Child Poverty Action Group ... ...
  • R v Stewart
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • 09 March 1990
    ... ... the purpose of brevity we propose to describe the various types of benefit when dealing with there generally as welfare benefits and the Government ... ...
  • R NS, ZS, ZS, SS and NS v Secretary of State for Home Department
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 20 June 2014
    ... ... or that there were any particular concerns relating to the welfare of C1's children. There was nothing in C1's application to suggest that ... to published policy, in exercising a discretion to confer a benefit on someone to which they would not otherwise be entitled, there is no ... ...
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