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The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
Attorney General's jury vetting guidelines on when to use of right of stand by and what procedure to follow.
Rights to paid time off for union reps, shop stewards, health and safety or learning reps or other union officials
Documents on fire safety law and guidance for those who have a legal duty for fire safety in a relevant building to help them meet those duties.
Guidance including contingency arrangements for our online system for civil and family certificated legal aid work.
Extradition processes and agreements between the UK and other countries, role of the Secretary of State, High Court and Supreme Court.
It’s illegal to hold a phone or a sat nav while driving - you'll get penalty points, a fine and can be banned from driving.
If you're a sperm donor, you could be the legal parent of any child that is born
The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself
Lays-offs and short-time working - pay, rights, temporary lay-off, redundancy, taking on extra work, claiming Jobseeker's Allowance, short-time regulations and payments
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
Information for competent authorities abroad (and in the UK) about obtaining evidence within the UK (or abroad) to assist in criminal investigations or proceedings.
To help you protect, manage and enforce your intellectual property (IP) rights in Vietnam.
Ending a relationship and agreeing on money and property, child arrangements (sometimes known as 'custody', 'residence' or 'contact') and child maintenance
What being in 'contempt of court' means, who can be in contempt of court, what the consequences are, how to report it, how to avoid it on social media (such as Twitter and Facebook).
Travel disruption and work - employee rights, employer rights, paid and unpaid holiday entitlement, winter weather
Rights of employees when accepting conditional and unconditional job offers and about breach of contract
Pharmacy, prescription-only (POM), and general sale list (GSL) medicines: apply to move your medicine to a different classification.
Guidance for the pharmaceutical industry on who can be a Marketing Authorisation Holder, named distributor or local representative and how to make changes to these.
When employers move, employees with mobility clauses, what happens with redundancies, compensation, disputes and company takeovers
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