“…ff, as the shortfall was made good by discretionary housing payments: see para 2 of the Annex to the judgment of the Divisional Court at [2013] EWHC 2213 (QB); [2013] PTSR 1521. There was thus no evidence that the measure complained of had had (or that it would in future have) a “direct and real” effect on their family life. More gene…”
“…[33] of the judgment of Laws LJ in the Divisional Court in R (on the application of MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWHC 2213; [2013] PTSR 1521, appended to Lord Toulson JSC’s judgment in the Supreme Court. As Lord Toulson said at [16]:…”
“…Divisional Court (Laws LJ and Cranston J) on 30 July 2013 (R (on the application of MA and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWHC 2213; [2013] PTSR 1521). Some claims were then resolved but the claim of Mrs Carmichael amongst others went to the Court of Appeal.…”
“…ut they are conceptually distinct and, as Laws LJ pointed out in R (on the application of MA) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2013] EWHC 2213 (QB); [2013] PTSR 1521, para.38 the appropriate analysis of the type of discrimination in issue determines what has to be justified:…”