Action to recover overpayment of benefits: ‘whether overpaid social security benefits constitute a ‘bankruptcy debt’, and, if so, whether the benefits authorities are entitled to continue to recover overpaid social security benefits by way of deduction from ongoing entitlements after a claimant is discharged from bankruptcy. ‘
Judges:
Gibbs J
Citations:
[2005] EWHC 783 (Admin)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Appeal from – Steele, Regina (on the Application of) v Birmingham City Council and The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions CA 16-Dec-2005
The claimant had received an overpayment of benefits (Job seeker’s allowance), but then was made bankrupt. He now said that this was a debt in the bankruptcy.
Held: It was not. At the date of the bankruptcy order, the possible reclaim was not . .
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Benefits, Insolvency
Updated: 07 February 2022; Ref: scu.224936
