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• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Cancelling a service you’ve arranged

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

• Can you get bankruptcy cancelled?

  Find out when you can apply to have a bankruptcy cancelled (annulled) and how to do

• If you didn’t agree to switch energy supplier

  What you should do if you're switched without your permission, what your rights are and where to get extra help

• 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