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Chasing unpaid wages means beating a tribunal clock that shows latecomers no mercy. Free ACAS early conciliation comes first, then the ET1 claim. Here's the right order to do it in, for anyone whose employer simply won't pay up.
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A witness statement lives or dies on one thing: getting to the point. Most people bury it under three pages of throat-clearing. Here's how to write yours clearly and to a professional standard — so the facts do the talking, not the padding.
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Your deposit is supposed to sit in a government-backed protection scheme. If your landlord never put it there, a court can award up to three times its value in compensation. Here's how tenants check, and how to claim if theirs wasn't protected.
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It broke. They shrugged. The Consumer Rights Act 2015 has other ideas — refund, repair or replacement. Here's the plain-English script to quote back at the shop and stop being fobbed off, for anyone stuck with faulty goods.
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Yes, applying for probate really does mean posting the original will in an envelope and trusting the postbox. If there's a will and you're the executor, here's the PA1P, the fee and the full process, calmly explained — no legal background required.
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Applying for your own no-fault divorce is mostly gentle form-filling — right up until the timing and money traps the form quietly forgets to mention. Here's what it leaves out, for anyone handling their divorce themselves.
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You paid the deposit by credit card, the trader vanished, and now the whole loss is yours — or so it seems. Section 75 can make the card company liable for the entire purchase, not just the bit you paid. Here's how to claim it back:
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A 'final response' from your bank, insurer or lender doesn't actually mean final. The Financial Ombudsman is a free, independent second opinion that can order them to put things right. Here's how to take your complaint there.
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A possession claim lands, and the window to reply is tighter than you'd like. Leave it unanswered and the court only hears one side. Here's how tenants complete form N11R and file their defence in time — the calm walkthrough, not the panic.
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Found out about a County Court judgment against you only after it landed? You never got the chance to defend it — but you can ask the court to reopen the case. Form N244, demystified, for anyone blindsided by a default judgment.
https://t.co/jMmXzkdovK

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28 July 2022: Crown Court sentencing remarks were televised for the first time. 34 broadcasts followed in year one.

The senior courts chose openness. Part Three asks when it reaches the county courts.

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A Directions Questionnaire is not a formality. Form N181 asks about ADR, witnesses, experts and trial length — and your answers shape how the whole case runs. You normally get at least 28 days to return it. Work through it with Chris → https://t.co/RFFaM6KCfO

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Form IHT402 moves a late spouse's unused inheritance tax nil-rate band to the survivor's estate — up to a further £325,000.

The deadline catches people out: normally 2 years from the end of the month the survivor died (s.8B(3) IHTA 1984).

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Twelve citizens used to sit in the civil courtroom. Almost every civil case is now decided by a judge alone.

Scott v Scott [1913]: "Publicity is the very soul of justice."

The principle didn't retire when the jury did.

The Public's Court, Part Two:
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Asked a company to delete your data and got nowhere?

Article 17 UK GDPR gives you a right to erasure on six grounds. They have one month to reply, and a refusal must be justified.

Chris drafts the request — and your ICO complaint if it's refused.

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Stopping a claim is a step in itself.

Form N279 discontinues under CPR Part 38 — usually without needing the other side's agreement. But rule 38.6 makes you liable for the defendant's costs up to that date.

Know the bill before you file it.

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Your bank said no. That isn't the end of it.

Had a final response - or eight weeks of silence? You can take it to the Financial Ombudsman yourself. Free, and you have six months.

Most people never do. Nobody tells them they can.

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1,200,000 county court judgments in England & Wales last year. 93% were default judgments — concluded because no defence arrived, not because a judge weighed the merits.

No villain. A gradient.

Part One of The Public's Court:
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Sorting out a loved one's estate?

Form PA1P is how executors apply for probate when there's a will — what to complete, which documents to send, and how to file with HMCTS.

We've written the whole thing up in plain English. Step-by-step PA1P guide on our site.

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Since the Renters' Rights Act took effect on 1 May 2026, Section 21 no-fault notices are abolished for new English assured tenancies.

Possession now turns entirely on whether a Schedule 2 ground under the Housing Act 1988 is made out, on prescribed Form 3.

Grounds, notice periods and the errors that most often invalidate a notice — our guide is on the site. Link in bio.