NK v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (UC): [2023] UKUT 65 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Church on 10 March 2023.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 29 March 2023

• Categories: Claims and payments and Universal Credit
• Sub-categories: Claims and payments - late claim: other benefits and Universal Credit - Other
• Judges: Church, TH
• Decision date: 10 March 2023

Read the full decision in UA-2021-000043-UOTH.

Judicial Summary

Universal Credit etc. (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 – Reg 26(3)(d) – whether high levels of traffic on Universal Credit at beginning of first lockdown rendered the official computer system “inoperative” and preventing the claimant from completing his claim, allowing the claim to be backdated by up to a month.

Published 29 March 2023