@BIS: a slight correction here due to a mistake that anyone of us could do. You put:
"Point out to them that if you have been awarded 18 months there is a good chance you will receive the review form a year before the end date which means it will only have been in place for 8 months."
It is actually even less than that as the year before the end date is 12 months. 12 from 18 is six, so it makes it a ridiculous 6 months only.
Yes six months is a ridiculous time for an award, in effect 6 whole months of peace.
Actually, by the time you get the decision letter, more like a full five months of peace.
The first thing I thought of was it feels more like an exrension to the current award, not a new one.
The only things in favour of the claimant is they might as well keep all the piles of letters, papers, foms etc out handy for next time. It's hardly worth putting them away.
On second thoughts, no! Put all the stuff away. It'll be so fresh in the mind that they can fill the next form out from memory without refering to the paperwork.
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