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Mel Cousins

2012

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Access To Quasi-Judicial Decisions – Jama V Minister For Social Protection, Mel Cousins Dec 2011

Access To Quasi-Judicial Decisions – Jama V Minister For Social Protection, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This case involves the important issue of access to the decisions of social welfare appeals officers. The Irish High Court concluded that there was no duty on the Department to maintain a database or open library of decisions to which the public may have access and, therefore, no question of a right of access thereto arose. However, it is submitted that the legal analysis of the general issue is doubtful.


The Impact Of Recent Cjeu Rulings On The Presence And Residence Rules For United Kingdom Disability Benefits, Mel Cousins Dec 2011

The Impact Of Recent Cjeu Rulings On The Presence And Residence Rules For United Kingdom Disability Benefits, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This article examines a number of recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) and their impact on the presence and residence rules for disability benefits, in particular the disability living allowance (“DLA”). It considers the approach which the courts may take to the export of disability benefits in the light of these recent decisions.