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• Your rights if your employer is insolvent

  If your employer is 'insolvent' this means it cannot pay its debts - your rights if this happens, claiming money owed to you, where to get advice

  • Overview

    Your employer is insolvent if it cannot pay its debts. They might: make…

  • Your rights

    You have different rights depending on whether your employer: makes you…

  • What you can get

    What money you’re entitled to depends on: how long you were employed what…

  • Apply for money you're owed

    You’re eligible to apply if: you were an employee you’re a UK or EEA…

  • After you apply

    It usually takes up to 6 weeks to get your payment but can take longer.…

• Get a declaration of presumed death

  Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain.

  • Overview

    You can make a claim for a ‘declaration of presumed death’ from the High…

  • Make your claim

    Download and fill in a claim form (N208) with details about: yourself -…

  • Advertise your claim in a newspaper

    You must advertise your application in a newspaper local to the missing…

  • Attend a hearing

    You’ll have to attend a hearing about your claim with a High Court judge -…

• Renew or replace your adult passport

  How to apply, how long it takes, how much it costs, track your application, unexpired visas, replacing a damaged passport.

  • Overview

    It costs £94.50 to renew or replace your passport if you apply online or…

  • Renew

    You must renew your passport before you can travel if either: your…

  • Replace a lost, stolen or damaged passport

    If your passport has been lost or stolen, you must cancel it before…

• Private renting for tenants: evictions in England

  Landlords need to follow certain procedures when evicting tenants - find out about eviction notices, harassment and illegal evictions, and going to court.
• Families of missing Brits abroad to benefit from new support as government partners with charity Missing People

  The families of British people missing abroad are set to receive improved support, as a result of a new partnership between the UK Government and the charity Missing People.

  • Updated: 19 October 2026
• Employee rights when taking maternity and other types of parental leave

  Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
• Divorce or end a civil partnership if your partner is missing

  How to divorce or end a civil partnership if your partner’s gone missing, you do not know their whereabouts or they are presumed dead
• Make a claim to an employment tribunal

  How to take an employer to a tribunal: the hearing, what happens if you lose your case, how to appeal.
• Losing your pension protected allowances

  How you can lose your protected allowances on pension savings, how to avoid this and how to tell HMRC if you lose protection.

  • Updated: 6 April 2025
• Valuing imported goods that are lost, damaged or defective

  How to work out or amend the customs value or claim for duty repayment if your goods are lost, damaged or defective.

  • Updated: 26 September 2025