AA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (JSA): [2022] UKUT 341 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Wikeley on 15 December 2022.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 9 January 2023

• Categories: Jobseekers allowance, Tribunal procedure and practice
• Sub-categories: Jobseekers allowance - voluntary unemployment, Tribunal procedure and practice - tribunal jurisdiction
• Judges: Wikeley, N
• Decision date: 15 December 2022

Read the full decision in UA-2022-000624-JSA.

Judicial Summary

Claimant subject to Jobseekers Allowance sanction decision in 2010 relating to whistle-blowing incident - Appeal to First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal unsuccessful (reported as AA v SSWP (JSA) [2012] UKUT 100; [2012] AACR 42) - Ten years later claimant sought to appeal SSWP’s 2010 sanction decision in light of new evidence which he claimed vindicated him - Finality of decisions - Social Security Act 1998 section 17(1) - First-tier Tribunal in 2021 correct to hold it had no jurisdiction to admit the further appeal.

Published 9 January 2023