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• If you want to sell your home and rent it back

  If you want to sell your home and rent it back This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you're struggling to pay your mortgage, you might be thinking about using a ‘sale and rent back’...

• Writing a witness statement for an employment tribunal

  You’ll always be a witness in your own employment tribunal case. The usual way to give evidence to the tribunal is by writing a witness statement. This is an important document and you should take care when you write it. Check any document you’ve had from the tribunal saying how...

• Discrimination in the provision of goods and services - victimisation

  Discrimination in the provision of goods and services - victimisation This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you’re treated badly because you complain about discrimination, or you help someone who's been discriminated against, this is called...

• Reporting a hate crime or hate incident to the police

  Reporting a hate crime or hate incident to the police This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales If you’ve experienced a hate crime or hate incident, you can report it to the police. You can also...

• If you're being evicted because you asked for repairs

  Check if this advice applies to you This advice will usually apply to you if all the following are true: you have a private landlord you don’t live with your landlord you started renting on or after 15 January 1989 In most cases this means you’ll have an ‘assured shorthold...

• Getting a job reference

  You'll usually need a reference from your old employer when you're looking for a new job. If your employer gives you a reference, they can make it as short as they like. A lot of references only say what your job title was and when you worked there. The reference...

• What to do if you're being intimidated

  What to do if you're being intimidated This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales You should be able to give evidence in court without feeling scared someone might harm you. If someone is doing or saying...

• Getting on the waiting list for a council home

  You can apply for a home through your local council. They might also call it ‘social housing’. If your application is accepted, you’ll go on to a waiting list of people who need a council home. Your council will then prioritise applications based on who needs a home most urgently....

• Make sure your redundancy is genuine

  If you’ll have been working for your employer for at least 2 years by the time your job ends, check that your redundancy is genuine. A genuine redundancy is one where your employer has a real business reason to make you redundant - usually because: your employer doesn’t need you...

• If your clothes have been lost or damaged by a dry cleaner

  If your clothes have been lost or damaged by a dry cleaner This advice applies to England. See advice for See advice for Northern Ireland, See advice for Scotland, See advice for Wales Dry cleaners are legally required to take ‘reasonable’ care of anything left with them. You can claim...