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Simkova v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Supreme Court held that the child element of Universal Credit is not a separate family benefit under EU coordination rules and is not exportable.

  • Universal credit
  • Family benefits
  • Eu coordination regulation
  • Exportability of benefits
  • Withdrawal agreement
  • Universal-credit
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Social security law

Michaela Simkova v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Court of Appeal held that Universal Credit’s child element is not severable into a standalone family benefit under Regulation 883/2004, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Universal credit
  • Family benefits
  • Severability of benefits
  • Eu regulation 883/2004
  • Withdrawal agreement
  • Exportability of benefits
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Social security law

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs v Carrington

The Court of Appeal allowed HMRC to raise new points of law on articles 7 and 10 of Regulation 883/2004 in a child benefit overpayment appeal and adjourned the case.

  • Child benefit
  • Exportability of benefits
  • Regulation (ec) 883/2004
  • Jurisdiction to raise new points of law on appeal
  • Child-benefit
  • Social-security-law
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Social security law

The Secretary of State v AH

The Upper Tribunal held that carer’s allowance depended on the claimant’s own circumstances, not the cared-for person’s, and dismissed the appeal.

  • Carer's allowance
  • Residence requirements
  • Competent state under eu regulation 883/2004
  • Exportability of benefits
  • Carers-allowance
  • Social-security
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Social security law

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Tolley

UK Supreme Court referred questions on whether disability living allowance could be withheld after a claimant moved to Spain under EU social security rules.

  • Exportability of benefits
  • Residence requirements
  • Definition of employed person
  • Classification of disability benefits
  • Social-security-law
  • Eu-social-security
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Social security law

Tolley (Deceased) v the Secretary of State for Work And Pensions

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about disability living allowance exportability and refused to refer the issue to the CJEU, treating Ruas as binding.

  • Disability living allowance
  • Exportability of benefits
  • Interpretation of ecj judgments
  • Reference to cjeu
  • Disability-living-allowance
  • Exportability-of-benefits
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Social security law [2013] EWCA Civ 1471

Tolley (Deceased) v the Secretary of State for Work And Pensions

Tolley (Deceased) v the Secretary of State for Work And Pensions [2013] EWCA Civ 1471 (23 October 2013)

The Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal about disability living allowance and declined to refer EU-law questions to the CJEU, relying on binding precedent and the Supreme Court’s refusal in a similar case.

  • Disability living allowance
  • Exportability of benefits
  • Interpretation of eu law
  • References to cjeu
  • Disability-living-allowance
  • Exportability-of-benefits
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Social security [2005] EWCA Civ 1441

Walker-Fox v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Walker-Fox v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2005] EWCA Civ 1441 (29 November 2005)

Court of Appeal held that a time limit for claiming winter fuel payments was lawful and allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal.

  • Winter fuel payments
  • Time limits for claims
  • Exportability of benefits
  • Principle of effectiveness
  • Principle of equivalence
  • Winter-fuel-payments
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