Thank you very much Dayglow. Had no idea that this Court of Appeal decision exists ! Will need to circulate to other staff here .
I think that a lot of assessment officers quite rightly wonder about voluntary/ charitable payments which are relatively large and paid to claimants on a regular basis but end up following the guidance in Lister/Ward ( which is citing HB General Regs, schedule 5, 14 (1) ) to disregard such sums.
Indeed, there is a world of difference between a claimant who misses 'signing on' whose relatives give them some cash to buy food and other essentials until benefits are reinstated, contrasted with our chap referred to above who states that he receives several hundred pounds a month from father ( which he is expected to pay back one day).
Regards
Shankers
