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• Your right to respect for private and family life

  Explains how the right to respect for your family and private life is protected by article 8 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and when a public authority may be breach the article.

• Joint debts and belongings if your partner is bankrupt

  Explains what happens to any joint debts taken out with your partner, if they go bankrupt

• Bailiffs

  Find out how to deal with bailiffs and complain if you’ve been mistreated

• Legal system

  Overview and content list for legal system. Get help and advice on the legal system, going to court as a witness and small claims

• Getting the best credit deal

  Advice on getting a good best deal when borrowing money, including comparing credit products, costs involved, terms and conditions and checking whether you can afford the repayments

• If you're unhappy about poor service

  What to do if you're unhappy with poor service, what your rights are, what to say to the trader, how to get your money back, how to take the complaint further.

• If a company stops trading or goes out of business

  Claim money owed to you when a trader goes out of business, including checking whether they’ve gone out of business

• Letter to complain to a trader about poor quality work agreed before 1 October 2015

  Letter to ask a contractor to fix a problem with building work, decorating or home improvements - if you gave the go-ahead before 1 October 2015

• Complaining about the condition of your shared house

  Check what you can do if your landlord doesn’t keep your home in a good condition. Check if you live in a ‘house in multiple occupation’ (HMO

• Work

  Get advice on your employment rights and ways to solve problems at work.