Information on what to do if you have been asked to join a hearing by telephone or video using BT MeetMe, Skype for Business or Cloud Video Platform (CVP) during the coronavirus outbreak.

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A guide for people going to court without a lawyer. Includes general sections on how the legal process works, how to prepare your case, and if you have to go to court, what you should expect and be aware of. Also includes specific sections about representing yourself in employment tribunals, immigration tribunals, as well as in personal injury, housing, family, bankruptcy and debt cases and judicial review.

In this short film barristers provide ten top tips for witnesses in civil proceedings. They also deal with common questions such as: What can you expect when you go to Court? How should you prepare yourself as a witness in a civil case? What if you don’t remember what happened? What if you don't understand the question? 

Explains about care proceedings if your child is taken into care. Also explains your rights to be involved in your child's welfare, as well as how to complain if you are unhappy about the way your child is being treated.

Information about how to apply for an ‘injunction’ if you’ve been the victim of domestic violence.

This information explains the different types of hearing that you might have in private family law cases, including the First Hearing Dispute Resolution Appointment, fact finding hearings, and final hearings. 

This information explains what to expect when going to court alone and, who you can bring to court with you for support.

If you fall behind with payments on your debts and are unable to make arrangements to repay them, creditors may take court action against you. This explains the different types of courts and the court process. 

Explains judicial review, whose decisions you can challenge using judicial review, who can apply for judicial review, alternatives to judicial review, the court's powers and the procedure.

Public law is about the exercise of power by public authorities, such as local authorities or government departments. If a decision made by a public body acting in a public capacity is unlawful, or if the decision making process is unfair, it can be challenged by using a complaints procedure, or by judicial review if there is no other way to challenge it.

Detailed legal guidance on how to bring a judicial review case in the Administrative Court.

If someone you know has died, or you are helping someone you know deal with a death where an inquest is to be held, The Inquest Handbook will give you information about the inquest procedure and what will happen after a sudden, violent or unnatural death. (Applies in England and Wales only)

Explains how to challenge the decisions of public bodies.