It can be alarming when things start going wrong for your child at school. Whether you are getting letters sent home or your child has been excluded, it can feel like a slippery slope to disaster - but it doesn't need to be like that. Our guide explains what you can do to help if your child is in trouble at school...
Disagreements over children can be very distressing and destructive. Our guide aims to help you find ways of being co-operative parents and families. We explain where you can get help, and what - as a last resort - the law can do
If the council or DWP think you have lied about something to do with your benefits, they might ask you to an 'interview under caution'. We explain what this is, what can happen, and what steps you can take.
If you have a bailiff coming, despite what they might tell you, you do have rights. We show you what they are, what you should do at each stage (from the first letter to the last visit), and how to ensure you don't get ripped off...
Splitting up with your partner is usually traumatic. As well as the pain and upset of separating, you're suddenly faced with lots of uncertainty about the future. Who will look after the children? What will happen to the home? Family mediation can be a very useful way for some couples to sort this out.
Most people think that couples that live together without being married have more rights than they actually do. We explain exactly what rights couples living together really have, and the simple steps they can take to protect themselves and their families from whatever the future holds.
Sooner or later we all have difficulties that involve the law and our rights. We all buy things that break, and it is likely that we will have a problem with a landlord or boss, a bank, or a government department at some point in our lives. Here we aim to give you the know-how and the skills needed to deal with these kinds of problems.