KK v The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions: [2025] UKUT 259 (AAC)
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 01 August 2025.
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Judicial Summary
Universal Credit - proper interpretation of regulation 11(3)(a)(i) Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (鈥渢he 2013 Regulations鈥�) - whether rules governing temporary absence abroad from Great Britain for medical treatment comply with Article 14, read in conjunction with Article 1 to the First Protocol (鈥淎1P1鈥�), of the European Convention on Human Rights - whether a period of absence abroad can be split into multiple phases, such that a universal credit (鈥淯C鈥�) claimant who suffers a medical emergency after departure can have his continued absence from Great Britain disregarded under the medical treatment provisions, either under regulation 11 of the 2013 Regulations or, if necessary, in order to achieve a Convention-compliant reading of that regulation.