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• Managing affairs for someone else

  Information on managing someone’s affairs including ordinary, lasting and enduring power of attorney, and mental capacity

• Check if you can sublet your home

  Check if you're allowed to sublet your home and how it might affect your income and benefits

• Administration order court hearing

  Explains why you might have to attend a court hearing in the process of applying for an application order and what happens at the hearing

• Solve an ongoing consumer problem with a business seller

  The steps you can take if you’ve approached a seller about a problem with a product or service and you’re not getting anywhere, including alternative dispute resolution (ADR

• If the council decide your landlord has to do repairs

  Check what your landlord has to do if the council have inspected your home and sent them a legal notice. If the council haven’t helped, find out how to complain

• Prepare for a power cut

  Check how to prepare for a planned power cut caused by engineering work or an unplanned power cut which could be caused by a storm or severe weather

• Claiming compensation from Royal Mail

  Check how to claim compensation for lost, damaged or delayed post and parcels. Check how much you should get and how much time you have to make a claim

• Check if your landlord can increase your rent

  Find out how to deal with a rent increase, find out how to negotiate to get a lower rent and check how you can challenge your rent increase

• Check your housing status if you rent from a private landlord

  Check what type of tenancy or other housing status you have if you rent from a private landlord. The rules depend on the date your tenancy started

• How to read your smart electricity meter

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