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Complaints about the service you received from one of our panel of family solicitors
If you have used one of the solicitors on our panel and have a complaint that you haven't received the service we described we would like to hear from you. Here we also explain what you can do if you have a complaint about something else to do with a solicitor on our panel.
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Work Capability Assessment Tribunal Submission Tool
Welcome to our Work Capability Assessment (WCA) Tribunal Submission tool to help you write a submission for the tribunal that explains why the decision the DWP made about the claim for Employment and Support Allowance or the limited capability for work element of Universal Credit claim was wrong.
This tool is designed to be used by individuals appealing their own work capability assessment decision, as well as advisers and volunteers helping claimants.
We hope that having a submission will make it easier for you on the day of your hearing.
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Apply for DLA
This page explains how to apply for Disability Living Allowance (DLA) for a child in England and Wales. Children are entitled to DLA if they need substantially more help than another child their own age because of a health condition, impairment, or disability. It does not matter if they do not have a diagnosis.
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How to take a claim in the civil court - at a glance
This table is part of a series of guides about how to take someone to a civil court to sort out a dispute, and is designed to be used alongside the other guides. It provides a quick and useful way of checking your understanding and what you need to do and what to expect for small claims, fast track claims, breach of contract, debt, loss or damage which is someone else’s fault (negligence) with no personal injury, and personal injury (including road traffic accidents and accidents at work). This information is about the law in England and Wales.
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Living together and breaking up
Understand what you need to think about and what the law says about your rights if you are separating from a partner you live with (but were not married or in a civil partnership with). This guide will be helpful if you are still living together after a break up or if one of you has moved out. It will help you to find ways of agreeing arrangements with your ex, remind you who you need to tell, and explain how to find the help you might need to plan for the future. Information applies to England and Wales.
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Family mediation
Understand how family mediation could help you if you have or are separating or divorcing and are struggling to agree on what is going to happen to your home, money, children or other family issues. It doesn’t matter if you were married, in a civil partnership, living together, or never did any of these things. The information in this guide applies in England and Wales.
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Make a living together agreement (cohabitation agreement)
Protect your financial future, and your partner's. Use our clear template to create a living together agreement. Avoid solicitor fees and gain security if you separate. Make one tonight. All couples that live together should make a living together agreement (also called a cohabitation agreement). Buy the step-by-step guide to make an agreement yourselves, quickly and cheaply, using our cohabitation agreement template. This information applies to England and Wales only.
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Pensions and divorce
Divorcing? Don't lose out on your fair share. Read our expert guide to pension sharing, splitting, or offsetting and how to agree. Written in collaboration with the Pension Advisory Group. The information in this guide applies to the law in England and Wales.
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How to fill in your financial statement (Form E)
This film is a step-by-step guide to how you fill out Form E, your financial statement. It is for people dividing their finances as part of a divorce and don't have a lawyer to help. This information applies to anyone divorcing in England and Wales.
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A guide to child protection for Roma parents
If you have been contacted by children's services you may feel confused or scared. You may be worried about what could happen to your children. We have created this guide for Roma families but the information is also relevant for any other parents living in England who are contacted by children's services about their children. The information in this guide applies to England only.
