If the DWP has refused, reduced or stopped your benefit, I can explain the decision and help you challenge it.
I’m Prakash Ruparelia, a consultant solicitor practising through Scott-Moncrieff and Associates Limited. I provide privately funded advice and representation across England and Wales.
I can review the decision, identify the evidence that matters and advise on the next step. I can help with a mandatory reconsideration, prepare written submissions or represent you at a tribunal hearing.
If the DWP has asked for bank statements, questioned your entitlement, asked you to repay benefits or invited you to an interview under caution, I can explain what the letter means and help you respond.
I’m a consultant solicitor practising through Scott-Moncrieff and Associates Limited. I handle each case personally and explain your options in plain English.
My work centres on welfare-benefit appeals, DWP investigations, overpayment disputes and Social Security Tribunal representation. I also advise on related matters including housing issues, debt concerns and civil disputes where they intersect with financial vulnerability.
Rather than offering broad, general legal services, I concentrate on areas where careful preparation, detailed knowledge and measured advocacy genuinely influence outcomes. Welfare-benefit law in particular demands precision, persistence and a clear understanding of Tribunal procedure — and that is where my experience is directed.
Clients receive straightforward advice, realistic guidance and a calm, professional approach at every stage. Each matter is handled personally, with time taken to understand your situation fully and explain your options in clear, accessible terms.
Clients often come for advice at a difficult time — when a benefit has been refused, reduced or stopped and they are unsure how to challenge the decision. My role is to provide clear, practical legal guidance and careful preparation so that your case is presented properly.
Clients instruct me because I offer:
Every case is prepared with care and attention to detail, ensuring that the relevant medical evidence, supporting documentation and legal arguments are properly presented when challenging decisions made by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Whether you are seeking advice on a mandatory reconsideration, preparing a benefit appeal, or need representation at a tribunal hearing, you will receive measured, professional guidance at each stage of the process.
“very knowledgeable, hard working”
Miss S, Nottingham
PIP appeal
“From start to finish communication and assistance were first class”
Anne W
PIP appeal
“Very knowledgeable, friendly and explained things well”
G.S, London
Welfare benefits tribunal representation
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The First-tier Tribunal initially dismissed the appeal against a £38,000 overpayment decision. Prakash represented the client in a challenge to the Upper Tribunal, which set the decision aside and sent the case back for a fresh hearing. The First-tier Tribunal then allowed the appeal in full and found the overpayment was not recoverable.
Practical guidance on PIP challenges, tribunal appeals and DWP interviews under caution, written by Prakash Ruparelia.
PIP tribunal appeals · Legal guide
A detailed guide to appealing after mandatory reconsideration, deadlines, evidence and preparing for your hearing.
Challenging a PIP decision · Legal guide
Understand how to challenge the decision, identify the disputed descriptors and prepare useful supporting evidence.
DWP interviews under caution · Legal guide
Understand the interview process, preparing your records and obtaining advice before answering questions.
Tell me which benefit is involved, what letter you have received and the date of any deadline, hearing or interview. A brief initial discussion is free and helps establish whether I can assist. I confirm the scope and fee for any paid work in writing before you decide whether to instruct me.
Yes. I advise clients across England and Wales, with much of the work handled by telephone, email and video. We discuss any interview or hearing attendance separately.
A brief preliminary discussion is free and helps establish whether I can assist. Detailed advice, document review and representation are paid services. Where suitable, I offer a fixed fee and confirm the work included in writing before you decide whether to instruct me.
You usually have one month from the date of the DWP decision to ask for a mandatory reconsideration. If you receive a mandatory reconsideration notice, you usually have one month from its date to appeal. Check your letter for the deadline that applies to you. Late challenges may be possible. Making an enquiry does not extend your deadline.
Yes. I advise on mandatory reconsiderations, complex Universal Credit reviews, overpayment disputes and DWP interviews under caution, as well as tribunal appeals. Explain which letter or decision you have received so that we can identify the right next step.
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Briefly tell me what you need help with and include any deadline or hearing date.
