“A town’s mayor is facing jail after being caught refereeing football matches while claiming more than £9,000 in disability benefits.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Court of Appeal
“The payment of an allowance to a disabled wife to pay for carer service was part of the husband’s income for assessing his income support if he was that carer.”
The Times, 26th March 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication.
“A judge did not have jurisdiction to make a declaration that a marriage based on lack of consent was not valid under English law, since such a marriage was voidable and not void ab intitio. The judge should have declared that the marriage was not recognised as a valid marriage in this jurisdiction.”
WLR Daily, 20th March 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Casewell v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions; [2008] WLR (D) 86
“A direct payment of carer’s allowance made to a disabled person for securing the provision of care by her husband formed part of the husband’s earnings for the purposes of assessing his entitlement to income support.”
WLR Daily, 12th March 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“The rules governing which elderly and disabled people in England are entitled to social care have been criticised.”
BBC News, 29th January 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A woman who claims she was healed by prayer had to battle the benefits system to stop her disability payments.”
BBC News, 11th December 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fewer sick and disabled people will qualify for disability benefits for being unable to work, after a new test is introduced from next year.”
BBC News, 19th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Inciting hatred against disabled people is to be outlawed under government plans outlined in the Queen’s Speech.”
BBC News, 6th November 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A teenager from West Bromwich was awarded a compensation package of nearly £5.5 million today after a series of failures during his birth left him severely disabled.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th October 2007
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A mother’s wish to have her disabled teenage daughter’s womb removed looks set to become the next landmark case in the courts to test the ethics of medical intervention where patients cannot decide for themselves.”
The Times, 18th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A severely disabled teenager’s womb may be removed to improve her quality of life, and not because it is medically necessary, in what is thought to be a British first which has reignited debate over medical ethics.”
The Times, 8th October 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A council is today told to pay a family compensation of almost £100,000 for failing to arrange suitable care for a disabled young woman, in a ruling that will sound alarm bells in town halls across the country.”
The Guardian, 3rd August 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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