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• Complaining about the condition of your shared house

  Check what you can do if your landlord doesn’t keep your home in a good condition. Check if you live in a ‘house in multiple occupation’ (HMO

• Joint debts and belongings if your partner is bankrupt

  Explains what happens to any joint debts taken out with your partner, if they go bankrupt

• Your right not to be tortured or treated in an inhuman way

  Explains how article 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 protects you from torture or inhuman treatment, which causes you severe mental or physical suffering

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Other rights protected under the Human Rights Act

  Lists some of the rights protected under the Human Rights Act 1998, including rights to education, freedom of expression, non-discrimination and protection of property

• Cancelling a service you’ve arranged

  When you can cancel a service, how to get your money back, how to negotiate with the business

• Struggling to pay your debt management plan

  Tells you what to do if circumstances mean you are struggling to pay the debt management plan, emphasising the need to contact the provider and not ignore the problem