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How to end a commercial lease early, what happens if you break the terms of your lease, use a clause in your agreement

Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison

• Overview

  Probation means you’re serving your sentence but you’re not in prison. You…

• Meetings with your offender manager

  When you’re on probation you may have meetings with your offender manager.…

• If you break the rules of your probation

  You could go back to court if you break any rules of your probation. For…

• Being taken back to prison

  You can be taken straight back to prison if you have been released on…

• Ask to be released again on probation

  If you have been taken back to prison and think you should be released on…

Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers

• Overview

  Workers over 18 are usually entitled to 3 types of break - rest breaks at…

• Taking breaks

  Employers can say when employees take rest breaks during work time as long…

• Compensatory rest

  Workers may be entitled to ‘compensatory rest’ if they don’t have the…

• Exceptions

  Workers aren’t entitled to the 3 general types of rest break if they work…

• Young workers

  Young workers (above school leaving age and under 18) are usually entitled…

• Disputes

  Workers who can’t take or aren’t allowed rest breaks should speak to their…

Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.

What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure

Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in

What happens if you're stopped by the police while driving - breath tests, motoring offences, faults with your vehicle, seizing your vehicle

The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.

Complain about a bankrupt person or someone with bankruptcy or debt relief restrictions who is not acting honestly or is acting as a company director

SIA regulation: how the SIA enforces the law and what the penalties are for breaking it.

• Updated: 10 November 2020