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• Paying a court fine

  What happens if you don’t pay a court fine in time, including how to ask for more time to pay, and what to do if you can’t afford to pay

• Creditor has sent a statutory demand - bankruptcy

  Explains the need to act quickly, if you receive a statutory demand from someone who is trying to make you bankrupt

• How to read your smart gas meter

  Find out how to get a reading from your smart gas meter or your meter's in-home display.

• Stopping bailiffs if you don't owe the debt

  Check how to stop bailiffs visiting you if you don’t owe a debt, find out how to prove you don’t owe the debt and how to complain if the bailiffs still say you owe the money

• Challenge your dismissal

  How to challenge your dismissal by appealing to your employer or making an unfair dismissal claim to an employment tribunal

• Credit rating - impact of debt relief order

  Explains that a debt relief order must be noted in your credit reference file and how it affects your credit rating, making it hard to get credit in future

• Vehicle insurance – making a claim if your car or its contents are stolen

  What to do if your car is stolen or something’s taken from your car you may want to make a claim on your motor insurance

• Paying child maintenance through the CMS

  Find out when you have to pay child maintenance, how much you'll have to pay and how to pay

• If you want to end your private tenancy

  Check what steps you need to take to end your tenancy agreement. Check what will happen if you leave without giving notice

• If you were misled or pressured into buying something you didn’t want

  You have the legal right to a refund if you feel you were unfairly pressured or misled into buying a product or service