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Claimant commitments and how to avoid a Universal Credit sanction
If you break your claimant commitment, you will get a sanction. This guide explains how to get your claimant commitment right and how to avoid a DWP sanction. The information in this guide applies to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Training and project highlights
Our training is a form of public legal education that equips people with the knowledge, confidence and practical skills they need to deal with everyday legal problems. We focus on issues that affect people’s lives the most, such as housing, welfare benefits and child protection in order to help people feel more able to act early and make informed decisions.
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Employment rights
Your rights at work There are laws that give everyone basic rights at work. All employers must follow the law. The information below explains what your basic rights are. Your employment contract can give you more rights than the law gives you, but it cannot give you less than your basic rights. We know that migrants and young people are particularly likely to be treated badly at work and not to know their rights - we have written this information to help you especially.
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Katherine McGuire
Katherine is a Chartered Legal Executive at GoodLaw Solicitors, specialising in Family Law. Katherine passed her Resolution Specialist Accreditation in March 2025 and is a Resolution Specialist in Private Law Children and Domestic Abuse matters. Katherine has worked in the Family Department since...
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Housing rights and housing realities: how to make new housing rights effective
This briefing, prepared in partnership with University of Warwick and Central England Law Centre, draws from our research findings with marginalised groups, exploring why they struggle, what makes a difference and what is needed now to turn housing rights into a reality. The Renters Rights Act 2025...
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Making inequalities visible: A joint call for accurate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller ethnicity data in the UK
This briefing, prepared in partnership with Roma Support Group, Liverpool Hope University and Lancaster University, sets out why the UK’s Ethnicity Harmonised Standard (EHS) should include a separate Roma category and disaggregate Gypsy, Roma and Traveller identities across national datasets. It...
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Civil mediation
Understand what civil mediation is, how it works, and whether it might help you solve your legal problem more quickly, cheaply, and easily than going to court. You can use civil mediation to deal with a problem with a product or service that didn’t work, a tradesperson who didn’t complete the agreed job, breach of contract, or when somebody owes you money and is refusing to pay. Or mediation can be helpful if you have been discriminated against by a product or service, or you want compensation because you were injured in an accident that wasn’t your fault, or you were treated unfairly at work
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Going to court when the other side has a lawyer and you don't
Understand how going to court works and what to expect when the other people or organisations involved in the case do have a lawyer. If you are going to court, or are thinking about it, and you cannot afford to pay a lawyer to advise and represent you, this guide is for you. It explains how to prepare for court without a lawyer, the skills you need to get you through the process and gives you practical tips on how to make your case as well as you can. The law in this guide relates to England and Wales only. The law in Scotland and Northern Ireland is different. But, the practical tips about
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Should I sue someone? Help to decide whether to take legal action
Thinking of taking someone to court? This guide walks you through the costs, evidence, risks and alternatives to help you decide whether to start a court claim. The information in this guide applies to England and Wales.
