Welfare benefits

Haringey Law Centre can assist people with their welfare benefits problems.

This includes:

• Helping people who are disabled to claim the disability benefits they may be entitled to;
• Helping people who have been refused a benefit to appeal a Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) decision;
• Helping people with council tax benefit or housing benefit problems;
• Advising people affected by the benefits cap or the spare room subsidy (‘Bedroom tax’).

Here are some examples of the most common welfare benefits enquiries we receive at the Law Centre:

• I have received a letter saying my benefit has stopped – what can I do?
• I have been asked to attend a medical by the DWP – what advice can you give?
• I have been told I am fit to work – What can I do?
• I have been told I have been paid too much benefit in the past. Do I have to pay it back?
• My application for the Personal Independence Payment/Disability Living Allowance/Employment and Support Allowance has been refused. How can I appeal?
• My child is sick. Is there any financial help I can get?

If you have a problem similar to one or more of those listed please do not hesitate to get in touch.

DISABILITY BENEFITS APPEALS PROJECT

Thanks to Debevoise and Plimpton LLP, Haringey Law Centre began providing a dedicated disability benefits appeals service in the spring of 2017. Haringey residents who need help to challenge a Personal Independence Payment (PIP), Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Disability Living Allowance (DLA) decision can now bring their case to the Law Centre and be assisted by Debevoise and Plimpton volunteer lawyers to prepare for their tribunal hearing. The volunteer lawyers will also represent people at their tribunal hearings. Please see the flyer below with more information, which you can also download and print off.