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R (Pantellerisco) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Subject Matter

SOCIAL SECURITY — Universal credit — Calculation — Whether calculation of benefit cap in universal credit statutory scheme irrational and unlawful in respect of employees paid on four-weekly basis — Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c 5), s 8(3) — Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/376) (as amended by Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017 (SI 2017/138), reg 2(3)), regs 54(1), 82(1)

[2020] EWHC 1944 (Admin); [2020] PTSR 2289; [2020] WLR(D) 438, QBD

SOCIAL SECURITY — Universal credit — Calculation — Whether calculation of benefit cap in universal credit statutory scheme irrational and unlawful in respect of employees paid on four-weekly basis — Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c 5), s 8(3) — Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/376), regs 54(1), 82(1)

[2021] EWCA Civ 1454; [2021] PTSR 1922; [2021] WLR(D) 513; The Times, 20 December 2021, CA

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