Hi
Scenario
Mrs is claimant, all forms etc signed by both Mr and Mrs, Mr is the income support claimant.
An investigation revealed that Mr had over £52K in a bank account, he implied in his interview that Mrs didnt know about this capital.
The decision maker addressed the O/P letter to both, as decided that recoverable from both as they both misrepresented facts.
An appeal has been received from Mr, grounds are that the capital should not be counted as was a bequest.
To deal with this correctly, should I deal with the appeal as a tripartite and send 2 copies of the response out, 1 to Mr and 1 to Mrs, as I am assuming as its from him, the tribunal could decide that as he is the partner he is not a target for recovery.