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Benefit tribunals
How to prepare and what to expect if you are going to a tribunal about your benefits
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Benefits
How to get what you are entitled to and help to deal with common problems like being given the wrong decision
Our training and workshops
Our training and workshops make sense of common legal issues, such as benefits, housing and child protection, for people with no legal background. They give you, and the people you support, the confidence to act, and make informed decisions. We deliver our workshops both as a one-off or as a programme so people can build their legal knowledge.
We used to provide our training courses under the name Law for Life.
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What can happen to me if I break the law?
Explains the different sentence you could get if you commit a crime and are aged between 10 and 17.
Helping you with life's legal problems
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How public legal education can help bring about legal change for benefit claimants
Back in 2017, Law for Life staff noticed an unusual trend. We had started to hear from users of our PIP appeal guide that they had been contacted by phone by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and offered lower disability benefit awards than they thought they were entitled to, if they...
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Benefit appeals
What to do if you think a decision about your benefits is wrong. How to appeal against decisions. Time limits for appealing. See our dedicated pages for help with mandatory reconsiderations and appeals for Personal Independence Payment (PIP), ESA, universal credit, and DLA.
