Upper Tribunal cases without an NCN
A list of Upper Tribunal PIP cases without a Neutral Citation Number.
NB - in addition to the case law items included on the main pipinfo topic pages, we've collected here a number of Upper Tribunal judgments that may be of interest despite not having been given a Neutral Citation Number following changes introduced by the judiciary in April 2025.
Daily living - Activity 1: Preparing food
- Tribunal’s failure to explain how using ‘Hellofresh’ meal kit delivery service equated to a PIP claimant being able to reliably prepare and cook a simple meal for one amounted to error of law
- UA-2025-000554-PIP
- MG v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Daily living - Activity 1: Preparing food and Activity 4: Washing and bathing
- Tribunal’s failure to consider whether earplugs are an aid for PIP purposes, when used to block cooking and washing noise that causes claimant pain and distress, amounted to an error of law
- UA-2025-00283-PIP
- KW v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Daily living - Activity 2: Taking nutrition
- Tribunal made inadequate findings of fact about PIP claimant’s need for prompting to take nutrition and the potential impacts of spontaneous vomiting and weight gain unrelated to overeating
- UA-2024-001607-PIP
- JS v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Daily living - Activity 6: Dressing and undressing
- Tribunal erred in law by deciding that a PIP claimant could dress to an adequate standard by swivelling a back-fastening bra and avoiding certain fastenings
- UA-2025-00546-PIP
- SD v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Issues - Tribunal practice
- Tribunal must set out reasons for finding previous lifetime DLA award to be irrelevant when deciding PIP appeal
- UA-2024-001687-PIP
- TH v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Issues - Tribunal practice and reliably
- Tribunal must use its inquisitorial function to explore whether a claimant can carry out PIP activities reliably
- UA-2025-000673-PIP
- JE v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions