JAT -v- Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP): [2025] UKUT 399 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Sutherland Williams on 30 October 2025.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 3 December 2025

• Categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities
• Sub-categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 9: engaging with other people face to face
• Judges: Sutherland Williams, M
• Decision date: 30 October 2025

Read the full decision in UA-2025-000038-PIP.

Judicial Summary

Appeal allowed. HA v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (PIP) [2018] UKUT 56

(AAC), endorsed and adopted: a tribunal is required to undertake a holistic assessment

of a claimant’s ability to engage with others. This assessment must encompass a range

of interactions and cannot be confined solely to those involving persons with whom the

claimant is familiar.

Published 3 December 2025