benefits – Page 26 – Current Awareness

Farmer who claimed £100,000 in disability benefits caught herding cattle – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 5th, 2013 in benefits, disabled persons, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“David Millward, 55, was secretly filmed by the Department of Work and Pensions carrying bags of animal feed around the field he rented off Stafford Road, Coven, Staffs, despite claiming he could only walk 10 metres unaided.Millward admitted fraudulently claiming £75,532 in income support and £24,692 in disability living allowance earlier this month after making an application for disability benefits in 2003.He was sentenced to 18 months in prison at Wolverhampton Crown Court today.”

Daily Telegraph, 5th February 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Soldier injured in Iraq grenade attack wins benefit battle – The Guardian

Posted January 30th, 2013 in armed forces, benefits, carers, disabled persons, news, tribunals by sally

“An injured soldier left suicidal after being falsely accused of benefit fraud has won an appeal against a decision to cut a £70-a-month carers’ allowance for his wife.”

The Guardian, 29th January 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Disabled man takes government to court over benefit test – The Guardian

Posted December 14th, 2012 in benefits, disabled persons, judicial review, news by tracey

“A disabled man who was incorrectly found fit for work under the government’s disability benefit assessment is launching a legal action against the government and Atos, the private company performing the tests.”

The Guardian, 13th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Samin v Westminster City Council – WLR Daily

Posted November 23rd, 2012 in benefits, disabled persons, EC law, homelessness, housing, immigration, law reports by tracey

Samin v Westminster City Council: [2012] EWCA Civ 1468; [2012] WLR (D) 336

“A migrant worker from another EU member state who could not establish that he was temporarily unable to work as a result of illness or accident within regulation 6(2)(a) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 was not entitled to housing provision from a local authority as a homeless person under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996.”

WLR Daily, 21st November 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Deja Vu All Over Again (and again) – NearlyLegal

Posted November 23rd, 2012 in benefits, disabled persons, EC law, homelessness, housing, immigration, news by tracey

“In Samin v Westminster CC [2012] EWCA Civ 1468, the Court of Appeal had to decide what was meant by someone being ‘temporarily unable to work’ so as to determine if Mr Samin retained his status as a ‘worker’ under the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006.”

NearlyLegal, 22nd November 2012

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/

Employee benefit trust payments to Rangers staff and players were not illegal, says tribunal – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 22nd, 2012 in benefits, employment, news, sport, tax avoidance, tribunals, trusts by tracey

“The former Rangers Football Club did not act illegally when it used employee benefit trusts (EBTs) to distribute money to players and staff, a tribunal has ruled.”

OUT-LAW.com, 22nd November 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Woman jailed for faking son’s illness to claim £85,000 in benefits – The Guardian

Posted November 14th, 2012 in benefits, child cruelty, forgery, fraud, news by sally

“A mother who shaved her young son’s head and eyebrows and forced him to use a wheelchair to make it appear he was seriously ill so she could claim £85,000 in benefits has been jailed.”

The Guardian, 13th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Housing: between a rock and a hard place – LegalVoice

Posted November 13th, 2012 in benefits, families, homelessness, housing, law centres, local government, news by sally

“Desperation among local authority housing departments is running so high that homeless families are regularly told they can be given accommodation only if their children go into care, writes Elizabeth Davidson. This shocking response on the part of the authorities is clearly a fob-off given that this would not only breach their legal duties but would cost their social services departments a lot of money.”

LegalVoice, 13th November 2012

Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk

Supreme Court judgment: Prix v Work and Pensions Secretary – Head of Legal

Posted October 31st, 2012 in appeals, benefits, citizenship, EC law, freedom of movement, news, sex discrimination by sally

“In what amounts to a defeat for the government, the Supreme Court has decided in this case to refer to the European Court of Justice questions on the interpretation of the EU Citizenship Directive, 2004/38.”

Head of Legal, 31st October 2012

Source: www.headoflegal.com

Child benefit cuts ‘may be illegal’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 30th, 2012 in benefits, children, illegality, news by sally

“Cutting child benefit for middle-class parents breaks European laws by discriminating against Britons and is open to legal challenge, ministers have been told.”

Daily Telegraph, 29th October 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Benefit fraud convictions rise after officials get new powers – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 17th, 2012 in benefits, fraud, news, penalties, prosecutions, repayment by tracey

“New figures show the level of fraud convictions have risen by more than 40 per cent amid a new crackdown on benefit cheats.”

Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Defiant judges ignore new human rights guidelines – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 8th, 2012 in benefits, deportation, fraud, human rights, news by sally

“A woman jailed for her role in a multimillion pound benefits fraud ring has been allowed to stay in Britain because of her ‘human rights’.”

Daily Telegraph, 7th October 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Judge spares benefit cheat due to high costs of imprisonment – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 10th, 2012 in benefits, community service, costs, fraud, judges, news, prisons, sentencing by tracey

“A notorious ‘soft touch’ judge spares a benefits cheat from prison after claiming the £38,000 cost of locking him up would be the same as the amount he had swindled.”

Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Royal Mail staff given access to confidential medical details – The Independent

Posted September 10th, 2012 in benefits, confidentiality, documents, news, postal service by tracey

“Confidential medical information from sick and disabled people applying for welfare benefits is opened and sorted by Royal Mail staff on behalf of the Government without the claimant’s knowledge or consent, The Independent can reveal.”

The Independent, 8th September 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Wheelchair faker scammed £1.8 million in disabled grants to fund champagne lifestyle – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 31st, 2012 in benefits, conspiracy, fraud, news, sentencing by tracey

“A benefits cheat who pretended to need a wheelchair used £1.8 million of grants to fund a lifestyle of scuba diving, penthouses and top of the range cars.”

Daily Telegraph, 31st August 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Judge: Government broke benefits law – The Independent

Posted August 7th, 2012 in appeals, benefits, human rights, illegality, news by sally

“The Government broke the law when it stripped an unemployed man of his benefits for six months after he refused to participate in an unpaid back-to-work scheme, the High Court has ruled.”

The Independent, 7th August 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Welfare Benefits: in scope or not? – LegalVoice

Posted August 6th, 2012 in benefits, fees, legal aid, news by sally

“The Legal Services Commission’s contract managers have been conducting informal assessments of files and I have been receiving a number of queries from not-for-profit (NfP) agencies because cases advising on entitlement to benefits appear to be disallowed on a fairly regular basis, writes Vicky Ling. It is clear that the goalposts have moved since the introduction of fixed fees in 2007, and cases that would previously passed audit are now been nil assessed.”

LegalVoice, 3rd August 2012

Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk

Unpaid work schemes ruled lawful as high court rejects Poundland case – The Guardian

Posted August 6th, 2012 in appeals, benefits, compensation, forced labour, government departments, human rights, news, unemployment by sally

“Government back-to-work schemes criticised as ‘forced labour’ were ruled lawful by the high court on Monday.”

The Guardian, 6th August

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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