The oral hearing of the Upper Tribunal appeal
The oral hearing of the Upper Tribunal appeal
I held an oral hearing of this appeal on 18 April 2024. The Secretary of State was represented by Mr Jack Castle of Counsel, instructed by the Government Legal Department. The claimant was represented pro bono by Mr Joshua Yetman instructed by the Free Representation Unit (FRU). I am indebted to both counsel for their written and oral submissions and am especially grateful to Mr Yetman and FRU for the advice, representation and general support they have provided to the claimant throughout these Upper Tribunal proceedings.
- Heading
- The decision of the Upper Tribunal is to allow the Secretary of State’s appeal. The decisions of the First-tier Tribunal made on 3 May 2022 under file numbers SC242/16/08567 and SC242/16/00329 were ma
- The subject matter of this appeal to the Upper Tribunal
- The parties to this appeal
- The oral hearing of the Upper Tribunal appeal
- A summary of the factual background
- The Secretary of State’s decisions
- The First-tier Tribunal’s decision
- The Secretary of State’s grounds of appeal in the Upper Tribunal
- Some preliminary definitional issues
- Ground 1: the ‘work’ issue
- The parties’ submissions on Ground 1
- Discussion of Ground 1
- Ground 2: the ‘income’ issue
- The parties’ submissions on Ground 2
- Discussion of Ground 2
- Disposal
- Conclusions
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