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Neutral Citation Number: 2013 UKUT 642 AAC
Reported Number:
File Number: CH 1926 2012
Appellant: TD
Respondent: SSWP and London Borough of Richmond-Upon-Thames (HB)
Judge/Commissioner: Judge S. Wright
Date Of Decision: 20/12/2013
Date Added: 06/01/2014
Main Category: Human rights law
Main Subcategory: article 14 (non-discrimination)
Secondary Category: Human rights law
Secondary Subcategory: article 14 (non-discrimination)
Notes: Housing and council tax benefits Child benefit linking rule in regulation 20(2)(a) of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 does indirectly discriminate against fathers who have equal shared care of their child(ren), but that discrimination is not manifestly without reasonable foundation and so is justified.
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