AC v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2021] UKUT 216 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 17 August 2021.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 1 October 2021

• Categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 9: engaging with other people face to face, Tribunal procedure and practice - evidence
• Judges: Church, TH
• Decision date: 17 August 2021

Read the full decision in CPIP/1627/2020.

Judicial Summary

Tribunal practice and procedure – proper approach to evidence – Personal Independence Payment – daily living activity 9 – engaging with other people face to face - whether Tribunal was entitled to infer from ability of claimant with autistic spectrum disorder to engage with others in very specific circumstances (attending the Warhammer shop and participating in gaming competitions with other enthusiasts) that he was able to engage with other people face to face for the purposes of daily living descriptor 9 - Tribunal obliged to consider evidence in the round.

Published 1 October 2021