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Neutral Citation Number: 2008 15
Reported Number:
File Number: CPC 2021 2008
Appellant: VB
Respondent: Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Judge/Commissioner: Judge N J Wikeley
Date Of Decision: 11/11/2008
Date Added: 27/11/2008
Main Category: Claims and payments
Main Subcategory: appointment to act
Secondary Category: Tribunal procedure and practice (including UT)
Secondary Subcategory: tribunal membership and procedure
Notes: Appointment to act- Financial advisor acting for elderly disabled claimant living in care home both before and after being made her appointee and attorney- Attribution of knowledge regarding benefits being claimed. Commissioners'/ Upper Tribunal procedure- Import of overriding objective to deal with cases fairly and justly. 19.1- State pension credit- Severe disability addition- Whether claimant "in receipt of attendance allowance" when no longer self- funded in care home. 27.3- Failure to disclose- Was either cessation of self- funding or cessation of attendance allowance a "material fact" for purposes of recoverability of overpayment of state pension credit.
Decision(s) to Download: CPC 2021 2008-00.doc CPC 2021 2008-00.doc