UK judges rule DWP wrong to deny appeals over refused benefits.

I can think of numerous cases where DWP has made a mistake and people have not been notified.  

A good example, is the issue of a JSD for Workwise and other courses.

If you think your DWP benefit decision is wrong and you're too late to appeal
If you're getting a benefit paid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) it's possible that the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) may have got the decision wrong.

This page tells you more about how a decision can be changed when an official error has been made and you're too late to appeal.

What is an official error?

An official error is an error made by a DWP employee or by someone employed to provide a service to DWP. The error could be that the person:

got the law wrong, or
failed to take into account information or evidence that may have shown you were entitled to the benefit or that you should have been awarded more money, or
made a mistake about a fact.

https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/benefits-introduction/problems-with-benefits-and-tax-credits/challenging-a-benefit-decision/challenging-a-dwp-benefit-decision-on-or-after-28-october-2013/appealing-against-a-benefit-decision/if-you-think-your-dwp-benefit-decision-is-wrong-and-you-re-too-late-to-appeal/


Edit:

Commentary from Paul Spiker

“A refusal to carry out a mandatory reconsideration effectively removes the right of appeal without consideration of the merits.”

http://blog.spicker.uk/a-refusal-to-carry-out-a-mandatory-reconsideration-effectively-removes-the-right-of-appeal-without-consideration-of-the-merits/

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Sobbing decision makers are desperately trying to persuade claimants not to lodge appeals following an unsuccessful mandatory reconsideration, a senior welfare rights worker has revealed. It is the first evidence that DWP staff are coming under pressure to meet targets for cutting appeal numbers for benefits including employment and support allowance (ESA), personal independence payment (PIP) and disability living allowance (DLA).

https://www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/3013-sobbing-decision-makers-plead-with-claimants-not-to-appeal

More info here..

http://www.politics.co.uk/comment-analysis/2016/08/12/how-the-dwp-stacks-the-odds-against-benefit-claimants

It is handy to know about the 'any time revision' in cases where the DM made a mistake. I was not aware of that.

im close to one that didnt even get sent the appeal letters to appeal the decision

but through some of the knowledge ive gained over the years had advised them that they could infact appeal it

the other info that came in handy was the 80% refusal that dwp was using recently

im also aware of a bribary statement used by the dwp a sort like threat if you appeal this then you should inform another department of this situation

Admin wrote:im also aware of a bribary statement used by the dwp a sort like threat if you appeal this then you should inform another department of this situation

I was not aware of that. Could you provide more detail please?

not many media sites are picking this up

https://skwawkbox.org/2017/08/06/landmark-benefits-judgment-almost-nobodys-talking-about/

As the Daily Mirror announced yesterday, the ‘Upper Tribunal’ (UT) – the body that rules on the most serious benefits disputes – ruled against the government’s treatment of benefits claimants in its ‘mandatory reconsideration’ regime:

and also here as well

https://www.thecanary.co/2017/08/06/senior-judges-rule-theresa-may-broke-law-screwing-vulnerable-people-uk/

Senior judges from an Upper Tribunal have ruled that Theresa May’s government has been acting illegally. And once again, those affected by the ruling are some of the most vulnerable people in the country. The judgment means that the government has likely been screwing over thousands of disabled people who will now potentially be affected by the ruling.