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• Challenging a homeless decision

  Check if you can ask the council to review their decision. Check how to ask them for a review and what you can do if they don’t change the decision

• Dividing up money and belongings when you separate

  If you and your partner separate, you need to decide how to divide your home and your pension. You also need to divide possessions and money in bank accounts

• Your right to a fair trial

  Explains how the right to a fair trial is protected by article 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the types of criminal and civil hearings or proceedings that are covered by the article

• Staying in the UK on a visa without your partner

  If you’re in the UK as a dependant on your partner’s visa, you’ll need to check your eligibility to stay in the UK and apply for a new visa if you can. If you’re not eligible to stay in the UK you might have to leave

• If you've overstayed your visa or leave

  If you’ve overstayed your visa or leave, you have 90 days to leave the country. You can't usually extend your visa or leave once you've overstayed

• Credit Union loans

  Information about credit unions, how credit union loans work and how to find a local provider

• Using a food bank

  How to get emergency food from a food bank. You can get a referral or look for a food bank that you don't need a referral for, such as ones ran by a church

• Going to court without a solicitor or barrister

  If you’re going to a tribunal or court without a lawyer, find out where to get help to represent yourself and what a McKenzie Friend, the Support Through Court or an interpreter can do

• What are human rights?

  Explains what human rights are and how they are protected by law. Also lists organisations offer further information

• How are your human rights protected by the courts?

  Explains how courts must protect human rights when applying the law and which laws the courts must apply, even if they breach the Human Rights Act 1998