HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) with effect from 1 April 2011

Highlighted decisions May 2012

Great Britain and Northern Ireland decisions highlighted by the Editorial Board in May 2012

European Union law

SSWP v JS (IS) [2010] UKUT 347 (AAC)
Whether A8 national in registered employment is a worker

Housing benefit – liability

Carlisle City Council v SC (HB) [2011] UKUT 480 (AAC)
Whether accommodation was supported rather than sheltered.

Information rights

DCLG v IC [2012] UKUT 103 (AAC)
Disclosure of environmental information – information that would be subject to legal professional privilege – whether it would generally “adversely affect the course of justice” to order disclosure

Jobseekers allowance

AA v SSWP (JSA) [2012] UKUT 100 (AAC)
Voluntary unemployment – dismissal for misconduct – relevance of the public interest disclosure provisions in the Employment Rights Act 1996 to the identification of misconduct

War pensions

SSD v PY (WP) [2012] UKUT 116 (AAC)
Whether First-tier Tribunal may technically recall a decision given orally before it is given in writing – whether officers of the Armed Forces acting as such are officers of the Secretary of State

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