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Social security

NH v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)

The Upper Tribunal allowed NH’s appeal, set aside the First-tier Tribunal decision, and remitted the Personal Independence Payment case for a fresh rehearing.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Natural justice
  • Disability assessment
  • Personal-independence-payment
  • Tribunal-procedure
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Social security

VH v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP)

The Upper Tribunal allowed an appeal in a PIP case, set aside the First-tier Tribunal’s decision, and remitted the matter for a fresh rehearing.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Disability assessment
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Personal-independence-payment
  • Mobility
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Administrative law [2025] EWHC 2568 (Admin)

BDH, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (Rev1)

BDH, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 2568 (Admin) (10 October 2025)

The High Court found Lambeth’s decisions over a disabled child’s social care direct payments were process irrational and ordered a fresh reassessment.

  • Process irrationality
  • Direct payments
  • Children in need
  • Disability assessment
  • Judicial review standards
  • Local authority duties
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Social security

D.W. v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal dismissed an appeal over a prescribed disease assessment, finding no error of law in the First-tier Tribunal’s medical and procedural reasoning.

  • Industrial injuries
  • Prescribed disease
  • Disability assessment
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Error of law
  • Section 12(8)(a) social security act 1998
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Social security

SS v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

The Upper Tribunal allowed the appeal in a PIP case, set aside the First-tier Tribunal’s decision for legal error, and remitted the matter for rehearing.

  • Personal independence payment
  • Disability assessment
  • Tribunals, courts and enforcement act 2007
  • Welfare reform act 2012
  • Pip regulations
  • Personal-independence-payment
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Public law [2017] EWHC 1796 (Admin)

AC & SH, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth Council

AC & SH, R (On the Application Of) v London Borough of Lambeth Council [2017] EWHC 1796 (Admin) (14 July 2017)

Judicial review of a Lambeth s.17 Children Act assessment. The court quashed the decision on the autism ground and ordered a fresh assessment.

  • Procedural fairness
  • Children in need assessment
  • Disability assessment
  • Local authority duties
  • Judicial review
  • Children-in-need-assessment
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Administrative law [2017] EWHC 455 (Admin)

Fisher, R (on the application of) v The Chief Constable of Northumbria & Anor

Fisher, R (on the application of) v The Chief Constable of Northumbria & Anor [2017] EWHC 455 (Admin) (08 March 2017)

The High Court quashed a police injury pension reduction because the Board failed to explain its uninjured earnings comparator and the backdating was unlawful.

  • Police injury pensions
  • Judicial review of administrative decisions
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Disability assessment
  • Backdating of pension awards
  • Police-injury-pensions
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Personal injury

Hills v Snoussi

Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal over a loss-of-earnings award, holding the judge could depart from the Ogden Tables and make a Smith v Manchester award.

  • Loss of earnings
  • Ogden tables
  • Smith v manchester awards
  • Disability assessment
  • Personal-injury
  • Loss-of-earnings
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Personal injury [2016] EWCA Civ 268

Hills v Snoussi

Hills v Snoussi [2016] EWCA Civ 268 (23 February 2016)

The Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal over a personal injury damages award, upholding a Smith v Manchester lump sum rather than Ogden Tables calculation.

  • Loss of earnings
  • Ogden tables
  • Smith v manchester awards
  • Disability assessment
  • Future loss calculation
  • Personal-injury
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Social security

MK v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (ESA)

The Upper Tribunal set aside a First-tier Tribunal ESA decision for legal error, held the carton-in-liquid descriptor refers to a closed carton, and remitted the case.

  • Employment and support allowance
  • Statutory interpretation
  • Disability assessment
  • Tribunal procedure
  • Employment-and-support-allowance
  • Statutory-interpretation
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