On my original DLA award it states "For Life"

Going back to 1994 when I originally was awarded DLA Hi mobility and med care it plainly states "For Life". Thats because that in the opinion of the DLA Doctor that examined me my condition was not going to get better.

Bearing that in mind major decisions were made regarding finances, income and my future etc

I have the original copy if this were it any one else but HM govenment I could probably get them on breech of contract if they withdraw it ???

Rob

It doesn't work that way. If parliament makes a law taking away your DLA, it will override previous provisions relating to DLA, so your lifetime award effectively becomes worthless.

'Breach of Contract' would certainly be a very interesting proposition but I am sure they are able to get out of it actually meaning 'for life'.

I am sure several others will be along to comment soon.

best wishes, Lisa

New statutes override old contracts.

Think about it. Suppose you enter into a contract to sell someone 100 widgets and then parliament passes a law to say that people can't sell widgets. Would you expect to be sued for breach of contract or would you expect simply to give the money back?

If you were to sue the government when it made a law that removed a previous entitlement, it would certainly be a big and interesting case!

Rob Roy wrote:

Going back to 1994 when I originally was awarded DLA Hi mobility and med care it plainly states "For Life". Thats because that in the opinion of the DLA Doctor that examined me my condition was not going to get better.

Bearing that in mind major decisions were made regarding finances, income and my future etc

I have the original copy if this were it any one else but HM govenment I could probably get them on breech of contract if they withdraw it ???

Rob

I also have a 'life' award of DLA dating back to 1994, but I am sure that if there were any legal grounds for preventing the government from rescinding life awards, the disability organisations through their legal advisers would have acted long before now, most likely at the time when the previous government converted life awards into indefinite awards?

The government took my NI contributions and thats what it was for, insurance against me not being able to work amongst other things.

Thereby in English contract law there has been an "offer" and an "acceptance" and a contract exists " for life" according to the piece of paper I have. I can understand them doing this for new claims but to do it retrospectively must be illegal
not to mention immoral.

Rob