Welfare Benefits Articles
Failed an Employment & Support Allowance Medical (1 September 2012)
Failed an Employment & Support Allowance Medical? Failed to score enough points? Instruct Duncan Lewis’ Welfare Benefits Specialist Legal Team and lodge an appeal. Read more...
Who can claim Disability Living Allowance? (26 March 2012)
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is designed especially to help children and adults who have a long-term disability or illness to get on with their lives as normally as possible without having to be too materially disadvantaged by their circumstances. It is a social security benefit and is not subject to taxation. It can also be paid alongside other benefits like Incapacity Benefit, and in some circumstances, the recipient may even be working. It is paid at different rates, depending on individual circumstances. Read more...
Can I appeal if my disability living allowance is refused and what is the process? (1 February 2012)
Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is designed to help children and adults who are suffering from some form of long-term illness or disability and need assistance in their daily lives with such things as cleaning themselves and getting around out of doors. An application for DLA to the Department of Works and Pensions (DWP) may be refused for a range of possible reasons, and the applicant is entitled to mount an appeal against the decision if they feel they have a reasonable case for doing so. Read more...