Regina v Secretary of State for Social Security, Ex parte Taylor and Chapman: ChD 5 Feb 1996
The applicants were in turn the recipient of a Social Fund loan and a claimant who had been overpaid benefit. Both were later declared bankrupt. The Secretary of State then began to recover the loan and overpayment by deduction from their current benefits. They argued that he was unable to do so because of section … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for Social Security, Ex parte Taylor and Chapman: ChD 5 Feb 1996