The Law Reports (King's Bench Division)
[2024] KB 633
Court of Appeal
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
v
AT
[2023] EWCA Civ 1307
2023 March 8, 9, 10; Oct 10; Nov 8
King, Green, Dingemans LJJ
Social security— Welfare benefits— Universal credit— EU national with pre-settled status claiming universal credit after end of transition period of UK’s withdrawal from EU— Claim refused on ground EU national not meeting basic condition for entitlement— Whether condition to be disapplied so as to give effect to EU national’s Charter right to human dignity— Whether UK required to act compatibly with such right following end of transition period—
European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c 16), s 7A
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FEU Treaty
, art 21
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Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
, arts 1, 4, 7, 24
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Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community
, arts 2, 4, 13