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• Check if an IVA is right for you

  Check these steps to help you decide if an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) is the best way to deal with your debt problems.

• How a creditor can get information about your finances

  Information on what an order to obtain information is and what happens if a creditor obtains one to force you to reveal your financial situation

• Check your rights if you share accommodation

  Check who needs to pay rent and what happens when someone moves out. Check the difference between joint tenancies and sole tenancies

• Check you've got the right amount of holiday pay

  Find out what holiday pay you should get and what to do if your employer doesn't pay you the right amount

• Check what you can get from an employment tribunal

  Find out what you can get from an employment tribunal if you win. Before you make a claim, it's worth calculating how much compensation you're likely to get

• Household contents insurance

  What household contents insurance normally covers, how to choose a policy and how to make a claim

• Check what bailiffs can take

  Check what bailiffs can take and stop them taking things they shouldn’t

• 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

• Your right to personal liberty

  Explains how the right to personal liberty is protected by article 5 of the Human Rights Act 1998 meaning you cannot be detained for reasons other than criminal activity or mental health issues

• Your right to freedom of religion and belief

  Explains how your right to hold and express a religious or non-religious belief is protected by article 9 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and when the article may be breached