If you are accused of breaking the law and are ordered to go to court, you may be entitled to a Duty Solicitor—a lawyer who is supplied to you for free. This is called legal aid.
Your lawyer will talk to you before your court case and will go to court with you to put your side of the story across. It's very important for you to tell them everything and be honest with them, so they can help you.
Sexual harassment is any unwanted behaviour that is of a sexual nature. It has the purpose or effect of violating your dignity. It might also create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for you.
We all hope our relationships will last, but sometimes they don't.
Ending a relationship can be hard. And it will be harder if you have children.
Who will look after them? How much contact will you have with them?
1. You can have contact with your child
As a parent, you can have contact with your child—as long as it's the best thing for them. Try to agree with your partner and child how much contact you have and when you spend time together.
Moving house is one of the most stressful things we ever do in life.
When moving house there are legal tasks to take care of. Nearly two out of three people put moving house at the top of their stress list, recent research by energy company E.On shows.
And it's not just the prospect of broken crockery or re-directing your post. The legal side of moving (known as conveyancing) can be just as stressful.
With any house move, there are important legal tasks to complete:
According to a recent poll of ours, two-thirds of Legal Choices visitors don't have a will at all.
Sometimes the best way to fix a legal problem is to get specialist legal advice.
For example, depending on the problem at hand you might need someone to represent you in court. In those cases a lot of us start to think about barristers alongside side us in the courtroom fighting our corner.
Intellectual property rights can be protected properly.
However even if you have got intellectual property rights you can still be the target of scams or misleading advertising.
