R v HMRC and Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council (HB & TC): [2020] UKUT 379 (AAC)

Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision of Judge Hemingway on 24 January 2020.

From:
HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
Published
19 July 2021
Categories:
Housing and council tax benefits and Tax credits and family credit
Sub-categories:
Housing and council tax benefits - recovery of overpayments and Tax credits and family credit - recovery, penalties and interest
Judges:
Hemingway, M
Decision date:
24 January 2020

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Judicial Summary

Application of the public policy principle that 鈥渘o-one should take benefit from his own wrong鈥� in circumstances where a claimant has fraudulently obtained immigration status and relied upon that fraudulently obtained status when seeking benefit and tax credits.

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Published 19 July 2021