The WLR Daily case summaries
[2022] WLR(D) 380
King’s Bench Division
Rex (Timson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
[2022] EWHC 2392 (Admin)
2022 July 19, 20; Sept 23
Cavanagh J
Social security— Welfare benefits— Third party deductions— Claimant’s benefits subject to third party deductions in respect of unpaid utility debts— Claimant challenging Secretary of State’s guidance to civil servant decision-makers responsible for deciding whether it was in a benefit claimant’s interests to have third party deductions made in respect of fuel and water debts— Whether claimant’s consent or otherwise to deductions to be taken into account as a material consideration— Whether requirement that claimant able to make representations prior to deductions being arranged— Whether breach of Convention rights—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt 1, art 14, Pt II, art 1
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Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
(SI 1987/1968), reg 35(1), Sch 9, para 6