SB v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and another (CSM): [2019] UKUT 375 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Ward on 4 December 2019.

• From: HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
• Published: 15 January 2020

• Categories: Child support
• Sub-categories: Child support - calculation of income, Child support - tribunal practice
• Judges: Ward, C
• Decision date: 4 December 2019

Read the full decision in CCS/294/2019.

Judicial Summary

1. A First-tier Tribunal evaluating evidence in a child support case needs to apply relevant tax law. 2. In the admittedly difficult situation where a party with relevant information has chosen not to attend, care is nonetheless required to avoid accepting submissions made by the other parties which are contrary to the available evidence and/or what appear as concessions but which in reality assist the party making them.

Published 15 January 2020