P v Secretary of State for Work & Pensions (PIP): (2018] UKUT 376 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Mitchell on 3 November 2018

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 18 December 2018

• Categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities
• Sub-categories: Personal independence payment – daily living activities - Activity 7: communicating verbally
• Judges: Mitchell, E
• Decision date: 3 November 2018

Read the full decision in CPIP/315/2018.

Judicial Summary

What the Secretary of State has previously described as a ‘concesssion’ that lip-reading is not to be taken into account in assessing ability to communicate verbally is in fact a correct description of the law.

Published 18 December 2018