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• Paying off a credit agreement early

  Find out if your credit agreement is covered by the Consumer Credit Act 1974 and how to pay it off early

• Check if your landlord has to protect your deposit

  Check if your landlord needs to put your tenancy deposit into a deposit protection scheme. Check what you can do if they don’t

• Use our British Sign Language service to help you apply for Universal Credit

  You can use our British Sign Language (BSL) video service if you need help or advice with applying for Universal Credit and the early stages of your claim

• 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

• Check if your previous energy supplier owes you money

  How to check if your previous energy supplier owes you money, how to claim owed money back, what to do if your supplier won't pay you what they owe you

• Getting a second adult rebate on your council tax

  Check if you can pay less council tax if you live with adults who get benefits or a low income. This is called getting a second adult rebate

• Check if you can get special measures in court

  Find out if you can get extra help giving evidence in court including getting help if you're worried about seeing the defendant

• 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