I won my PIP tribunal, worried that DWP are going to appeal?

Richard40

I won my pip tribunal last week Thursday i was told my money will be backdated to 2017 I am just worried that dwp are going g to appeal the tribunal desion

Antonia_Alumni

Hi @Richard40

Welcome to the community. Congratulations on winning in the PIP tribunal, that's brilliant news!

I'm not sure why they would want to appeal this decision, some of our members may know and reply to you soon. 

poppy123456

HI,

Great news. To appeal the decision they must first ask for the statement of reasons and they have 28 days to do this. Once they have this they have to find the error in law, they can't appeal without finding this. Sometimes they ask for the SOR but it doesn't mean they are going to appeal. If they request it they'll write to you.

Backdated money can take 8 weeks.

CockneyRebel

Hi @Richard40 and welcome

You should ring the DWP to make sure they have a copy of the tribunal decision.

The DWP have the same right of appeal that we do. The DWP have 28 days to ask the judge for a statement of reason. They will use this to see if an error in law has been made which is the only grounds on which they can appeal the FFT decision, they seldom take it any further.

Usually a tribunal award takes 4-8 weeks to put into payment

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Richard40

The dwp received the letter via email on the Thursday while I was at the hearing as I phoned them the same day 

CockneyRebel

It is now just a waiting game, hopefully you will receive a decision letter in the next few weeks

Richard40

I rang pip this morning and they said that they are working on my claim / backdated payment  now they have said payment should be in 5 days then letter in 7/10 do you think my payment will be next Wednesday 

 

poppy123456

I must admit, as your Tribunal was only last Thursday that's extremely quick. Are you sure they said payment in 5 working days?

Richard40

Yes they did