The legal team representing four legacy benefits claimants’ who lost a High Court challenge in February over the £20 weekly Universal Credit uplift have confirmed that an application to appeal the decision has been successful.
William Ford QC shared the update on the Osbornes Law website, offering a glimmer of hope for more than two million people on older-style benefits who could be due more than £1,500 in backdated payments - if the case is successful. The win means that the appeal will now proceed to be heard by the Court of Appeal.
Mr Ford wrote: “On 18 February 2022 the High Court dismissed the case brought by Osbornes on behalf of 4 claimants challenging the UK Government’s failure to apply the £20 per week uplift to legacy benefit recipients that had been provided to Universal Credit claimants during the Covid-19 pandemic.”
