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cheekylittlekoala
cheekylittlekoala Community member Posts: 117 Courageous
edited October 2023 in Universal Credit (UC)
I am taking DWP to Tribunal for UC WC

What are everyone's experience good or bad with taking DWP to court?

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  • Albus_Scope
    Albus_Scope Posts: 4,575 Scope online community team
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    Heya @cheekylittlekoala!  Good on you for going through with the tribunal!  It can seem hugely daunting, but it's well worth going for. 

    I can only speak of my own experiences with tribunals regarding PIP.  But both times they were all super supportive and listened to me like a human being. So worlds apart from the DWP assessments. 

    And both times I won. :) 
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  • casra
    casra Community member Posts: 4 Connected
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    Hi,

    I have just gone through it and proved the DWP were wrong in their assessment of determining I should be in the LCW instead of LCWRA.  It was a long wait to be put in front of the tribunal panel but all in all pretty straightforward.  Good luck to you!
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  • Hannah_Alumni
    Hannah_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,912 Disability Gamechanger
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    Hello @cheekylittlekoala Good luck! Keeping everything crossed and please let us know how you get on :) We are here if you need to talk or vent <3
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  • cheekylittlekoala
    cheekylittlekoala Community member Posts: 117 Courageous
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    How long does it take for DWP to respond?
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  • poppy123456
    poppy123456 Community member Posts: 54,878 Disability Gamechanger
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    cheekylittlekoala said:
    How long does it take for DWP to respond?

    It depends. They will be given a deadline by HMCTS but they don't always respond by that time. It will be extended if they don't respond. They will eventually respond.
    I would appreciate it if members wouldn't tag me please. I have all notifcations turned off and wouldn't want a member thinking i'm being rude by not replying.
    If i see a question that i know the answer to i will try my best to help.
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