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• Moving out of student housing

  Explains the rules about ending your agreement when living in student housing

• Being laid off or put on short-time working

  Know your rights to pay, the importance of your contract, and when you can claim redundancy instead of lay off or short-time working

• Step 2: Check the situation where you were discriminated against

  To check if you’ve been discriminated against, you can check if the situation where it happened is covered by the Equality Act 2010

• Benefit overpayments

  Causes of benefit overpayments and what to do if you've been told you've been paid too much

• Costs of civil court action using simple procedure

  Find out the cost of civil court action using the simple procedure, what the fees cover, who is exempt from paying court fees and how to claim back court expenses

• If your employer says you owe them money

  When you leave a job, your employer can only ask you to pay back money if it’s for something you’ve specifically agreed to in writing. Find out more

• Being forced to pay your debts

  Information for people whose creditors are taking legal action against them

• After you've been dismissed

  Help with moving on and finding a new job after being dismissed, including benefits, getting a reference, and explaining your dismissal to a new employer

• If a creditor takes money from your bank or building society

  Information about bank or building society accounts being frozen by a creditor, what the protected minimum balance is, challenging the arrestment and applying for time to pay

• Disputes about damages and repairs

  Advice on what to do when you have a neighbour dispute about damages or repairs. Including advice on communal areas, drains and roofs.