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• If you disagree with your neighbour about a tree or hedge

  Check what to do if a neighbour’s tree is affecting your property - for example if its branches are overhanging into your garden

• Taking rest breaks at work

  Find out what rest breaks you should get at work and what to do if your employer won't let you take them

• Student housing - living in halls

  Explains the housing status of students living in halls of residence provided by their university. Also covers rent, deposits, administration fees, bills and council tax

• If you’re being evicted by the council or housing association

  Your landlord has to follow steps before they can evict you. Find out how you can challenge the eviction and stay in your home

• Get help with discrimination at work

  Where to get help if you're being discriminated against by your employer, a company you used to work for or one you applied for a job

• Check if a room counts as an extra bedroom for Housing Benefit

  Find out how the council decide if you have a spare room in your council home, and when they can reduce your Housing Benefit - sometimes called the ‘bedroom tax

• Complain about a premium rate phone charge or text message

  What to do if you want to make a complaint because a company didn’t make it clear that a phone or text number was premium rate

• Making a settlement agreement with your employer

  Find out how to settle a dispute with your employer without going to a tribunal by using a settlement agreement

• Challenging an employment tribunal decision

  Find out how to ask for reasons for the tribunal's decision, how to ask for a reconsideration and how and when to appeal against a tribunal's decision

• Check what kinds of behaviour are child abuse

  What is meant by the term 'child abuse'. There is no clear legal definition of ‘child abuse’ but there are laws to protect children from harm. Find out more