RAV v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (IS)

The decision of the appeal tribunal sitting at Taunton dated 18 May 2012 under file reference SC206/12/00323 does not involve an error on a point of law. The appeal against that decision is dismissed.

This decision is made under section 11 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007.

This is an appeal, with the permission of District Tribunal Judge McLachlan, against the decision of the appeal tribunal sitting at Taunton on 18 May 2012.

I shall refer to the appellant hereafter as �the claimant�. The respondent is the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. I shall refer to him hereafter as �the Secretary of State�. I shall refer to the tribunal which sat on 18 May 2012 as �the appeal tribunal�.

The claimant, who was born on 13 January 1965, applied for income support on 3 October 2011 on the grounds of incapacity. He now appeals through his representative, originally Mr Stuart Toll of Shelter Somerset, but since the closure of the Taunton office of Shelter on 28 March 2013 Ms Clare Mason of Shelter North East in Newcastle, against the decision dated 2 December 2011 that the outstanding first legal charge over his home was not an eligible loan for housing costs purposes.