Articles

(For subscribers) Simon Osborne looks at the rule where a child can be entitled to the higher rate of the mobility component of disability living allowance (DLA) via the ‘severe mental impairment’ route.

(For subscribers) Martin Williams discusses the rules under which universal credit (UC) claimants can be treated as possessing capital which they no longer have.

‘Aids or appliances’ in personal independence payment (PIP) has widely been interpreted as excluding items that are commonly used in the same way by non-disabled people. A recent Upper Tribunal decision reached a different conclusion. Carri Swann looks at the reasoning behind the decision, and asks what it might mean for claimants.

(For subscribers) Martin Williams considers the recent clarification of the law, by a three-judge panel of the Upper Tribunal (UT), concerning appeal rights where a claimant has unsuccessfully applied for revision on the ground of official error.