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Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - reasons you can be dismissed, unfair and constructive dismissal and what to do if you're dismissed

• Overview

  Dismissal is when your employer ends your employment - they do not always…

• Reasons you can be dismissed

  There are some situations when your employer can dismiss you fairly. Not…

• Unfair and constructive dismissal

  In certain situations, you may be able to take legal action if you’re…

• What to do if you're dismissed

  If you’re threatened with dismissal (or are dismissed) you can get help…

Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court

• Rules your landlord must follow

  Your landlord must follow strict procedures if they want you to leave…

• Accelerated possession

  Landlords can sometimes evict tenants using ‘accelerated possession’. This…

• Eviction court hearings

  If your landlord goes to court to evict you, there will be a ‘possession…

• Eviction notices

  If you do not leave your home by the date given in an outright possession…

• Harassment and illegal evictions

  It’s a crime for your landlord to harass you or try to force you out of a…

Guidance for EU Settlement Scheme applicants in or outside the UK who have been affected by restrictions associated with coronavirus.

• Updated: 9 August 2023

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

Learn more about the circumstances that can lead to a licence holder losing their licence, either permanently or temporarily.

• Updated: 15 March 2023

Information for employers about late or non-filing PAYE penalties, specified charges, inaccurate reports and how to avoid penalties in future.

• Updated: 11 July 2019

• Updated: 14 July 2023

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 This includes information from the withdrawn D191 guide.

How to dismiss staff fairly, working within dismissal rules and dealing with dismissals relating to whistleblowing

Check you can get a divorce, agree or disagree with a divorce application, what to do if your husband or wife lacks mental capacity.

If you're going back to university after studying previously or you're repeating a year, this can affect your student finance.

• Updated: 20 July 2023

Information about what to do if you need to end your hosting arrangements for any reason.

• Updated: 19 February 2024

When to tell DVLA about a medical condition or disability - what will happen to your licence, renewing or reapplying for your licence.

Interest-free loans from the government for some people on benefits: how to apply, check if you're eligible

Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs

How to appeal a First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber decision without legal representation. (T359).

• Updated: 21 April 2020

Challenge a benefit decision - how to ask for a mandatory reconsideration, evidence you'll need, deadlines and what happens next.

Who can get parole for determinate and indeterminate sentences, represent yourself at a hearing and challenge a Parole Board decision

Once you have agreed the facts of the property with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA), you can challenge the valuation if you think it’s wrong.

• Updated: 30 October 2023

When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences