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You can ask the police to check if someone that has contact with a child has a record of sexual offences.
How Universal Credit claimants can give consent for their information to be shared with another person or organisation to help them deal with their claim.
Acting as an attorney - duties, including registering a lasting power, starting to act, gifting, handling disputes and replacement attorney responsibilities.
Advice on actions you may need to take and the support available from the FCDO and others when a British person dies abroad.
Find out how to nominate someone to collect your State Pension for you
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
How to become and act as a Court of Protection deputy - eligibility, responsibilities, how to apply, fees, supervision and when your deputyship ends.
How to enforce copyright when somebody uses your work without your permission.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
Apply for Carer's Allowance - money to help you look after someone who needs to be cared for. Apply online or use form DS700.
Apply to act for someone in court - litigation friends for children and people who cannot act for themselves because they lack the mental capacity
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
What you can and cannot do when you help someone you know create a GOV.UK One Login and prove their identity.
Find out if you need to apply for probate to deal with the estate of someone who’s died. Discover how to apply for probate or letters of administration and what to do if there’s no will.
You have the right to speak for yourself in court without a solicitor or legal professional - where to get help with papers and procedures
Use the authority to act form to tell the Adjudicator's Office you want someone else to represent you, like an accountant, friend, or relative.
Appoint a public official to act as executor of your estate if no one else can do it - the Public Trustee, Official Solicitor, fees, contact
What tax codes are, how they're worked out, and what to do if you think your code is wrong.
Make a victim personal statement to the Parole Board - who can make one, how to write it, and what happens at a parole hearing
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