England and Wales Case Law

IM v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal held that the UK, not Romania, was the competent state for Attendance Allowance under Regulation 883/2004 and remade the case accordingly.

• Attendance allowance
• Competent authority
• Social security coordination
• Withdrawal agreement
• Regulation (ec) no 883/2004
• Attendance-allowance

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Bianco v Bennett

Bianco v Bennett [2015] EWHC 626 (QB) (12 March 2015)

The High Court held that claimed Italian subrogated recovery items were not recoverable in an English fatal accident claim, because English law governed and foreign law was not pleaded or proved.

• Fatal accidents act 1976
• Law reform (miscellaneous provisions) act 1934
• Subrogation
• Rome ii regulation
• Regulation (ec) no 883/2004
• Foreign law pleading and proof

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