The claimants each need to remove their hearing aids to take a shower and to take a bath. Each cannot without the aids hear a typical fire alarm or smoke alarm while taking a bath or shower with the door closed. It was common ground that having to leave the door open would not be … Continue reading KT and SH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP) (Personal Independence Payment – Daily Living Activities): UTAA 21 Aug 2020

This appeal relates to personal independence payment, which is a non-means tested allowance paid to certain people with long term health problems or disability. The appeal’s focus is upon one of the markers used to determine whether a claimant’s ability to live his or her daily life is limited, by his or her physical or … Continue reading Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v MM: SC 18 Jul 2019

Appeal against refusal of declaration that the 2013 Regulations are unlawful. Patten, McCombe, Gloster LJJ [2015] EWCA Civ 1033 Bailii Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) Regulations 2013 England and Wales Benefits Updated: 04 January 2022; Ref: scu.553481