Written for advisers working in welfare law, this is a guide to the complex and confusing position of defending claimants against recovery of overpaid benefits. The book contains detailed coverage of the law governing statutory recovery of benefits, including housing benefit and council tax, and also discusses the position under common law, as well as the effect of criminal law. Appendices contain relevant statutory provisions, model submissions, model grounds of appeal, checklists, and other sources of information.
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 148 mm
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978-0-905099-73-6 (9780905099736)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Structure and scope of SSAA s71; the "review and revision" requirement; misrepresentation; failure to disclose; the relevant material fact; the requirement of a causal link; calculating the amount owed; payments made and breaches of duty committed before 6th April 1987; challenging DSS decisions; enforcement of recovery; recovery of income support after late receipt of income; payments of income support to 16- and 17-year-olds under the severe-hardship rule; overpayments by credit transfer; miscellaneous rights of recovery; recovery from compensation payments; statutory recovery of housing benefit and council-tax benefit - the rules for recovery, challenging local-authority decisions, enforcement of recovery; recovery under the common law; overpayments and the criminal law.
