Zalewska v Department for Social Development (Child Poverty Action Group and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted November 14th, 2008 in benefits, EC law, law reports by sally

Zalewska v Department for Social Development (Child Poverty Action Group and another intervening) [2008] UKHL 67; [2008] WLR (D); [2008] WLR (D) 356

“The United Kingdom’s decision to restrict the payment of welfare benefits for nationals of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic (known collectively as the ‘A8 states’) to those who had worked an uninterrupted 12 months in employment registered with the Home Office was compatible with European Union law.”

WLR Daily, 13th November 2008

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