Project Abstract

Universal Credit is a complex beast, deciding a persons eligibility and entitlement to the scheme isn’t simple, the language and length of the law is long and intricate, having to go through all of them manually could lead to potential errors and steps being missed over which could potentially lead to a person getting the wrong amount (less than they deserved) or completely ignored from the scheme when they were entirely eligible for. My dissertation focuses on the implementation of a part of universal credit pertaining to the child element scheme, and developing it into a “legal interview” where a user can navigate the law based on their situation and end up with a final result depending on the answers given.

Keywords: Software Development, Law as Code, Universal Credit

 Conference Details

Session: Poster Session A at Poster Stand 43

Location: Sir Stanley Clarke Auditorium at Tuesday 7th 13:30 – 17:00

Markers: Megan Venn-Wycherley, Giedre Sabaliauskaite

Course: MSci Computer Science, 3rd Year

Future Plans: I’m looking for work