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Find information on prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales, including how to arrange visits and how to stay in touch with prisoners.
Your rights when bailiffs visit your home - entering your home, debts, complaining about private bailiffs, court bailiffs, civilian enforcement officers, certificated enforcement agents. Includes information from the withdra…
Apply for help with the cost of prison visits, including travel to the prison, accommodation, meals.
A guide to applying for compensation under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
How to get a legal or judicial separation if you want to separate from your partner without divorcing them.
When your husband or wife applies for divorce: how to respond, agree or disagree, start your own proceedings, court hearing, apply for a decree absolute.
The latest versions of the Criminal Procedure Rules and of the Criminal Practice Directions made by the Lord Chief Justice.
DNA testing can be used in child maintenance or inheritance disputes, or applications for contact with a child or for a child to settle in the UK
How you can have a marriage annulled, the reasons you can give for annulling a marriage and the forms you will need to apply for an annulment. This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.
Re-register your child’s birth to add the father's name to the birth record or certificate at the register office
The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
Wandsworth is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South West London.
Find out if you are eligible for the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme and how to apply.
Wormwood Scrubs is a men’s prison in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London.
What to do if you have an electronic tag (including curfew tags, location tags and alcohol tags) and how to contact the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS).
How to contact the Court Funds Office - email, phone, address, complaints
The Victims' Code focuses on victims' rights and sets out the minimum standard that organisations must provide to victims of crime.
Nottingham Prison is a men’s prison in the Sherwood area of Nottingham and serves courts in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
Hewell is a men’s prison in the village of Tardebigge, near Redditch in Worcestershire.
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