R v HMRC and Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (HB & TC): [2020] UKUT 379 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Hemingway on 24 January 2020.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 19 July 2021

• Categories: Housing and council tax benefits, Tax credits and family credit
• Sub-categories: Housing and council tax benefits - recovery of overpayments, Tax credits and family credit - recovery, penalties and interest
• Judges: Hemingway, M
• Decision date: 24 January 2020

Read the full decision in CH/1905/2017 & CTC/1902/2017].

Judicial Summary

Application of the public policy principle that “no-one should take benefit from his own wrong” in circumstances where a claimant has fraudulently obtained immigration status and relied upon that fraudulently obtained status when seeking benefit and tax credits.

Published 19 July 2021