Move from ESA to UC

[breadliner]

Also, if I go ahead with the ESA tribunal, do you have an idea of how long it'll take to get a date in court? Will it 1, 2 or several months?

[nukecad]

So, presumably my sick note triggered the UC50?

That's the way it's always worked, if you went sick on JSA then after a time they stopped your JSA and told you to claim ESA, with of course a WCA.

The only difference with UC is that you don't have to change claims, it's all UC, so they simply refer you for a WCA.

Also, if I go ahead with the ESA tribunal, do you have an idea of how long it'll take to get a date in court? Will it 1, 2 or several months?

You put in your appeal, the DWP have a month to respond, you can respond to that, there's a couple of months gone already.

The latest figures for benefit tribunal 'disposals' (Published June 13 2019) show an average of 30 weeks. (7 months plus).
https://www.gov.uk/government/statis...-to-march-2019

Of those cases disposed of by the SSCS tribunal in January to March 2019, the mean age of a case at disposal was 30 weeks

[breadliner]

One of my defences in the tribunal would have been that I'd been assessed on 3 previous occasions with the same 'evidence', which on this occasion had been rejected by the decision makers. Now, I won't be able to make that point.

[druid]

One of my defences in the tribunal would have been that I'd been assessed on 3 previous occasions with the same 'evidence', which on this occasion had been rejected by the decision makers. Now, I won't be able to make that point.

The WCA and evidence is the same its just the award will be UC/LWCRA instead of ESA/SG