Practical guide
Section 7 Report in Family Court: How to Prepare
A Section 7 report can influence decisions about children. Learn how to organise evidence, identify disputed findings and prepare a focused response.
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Our guides are organised around the problems people actually face: a report you dispute, a licence at risk, missing disclosure, an appeal deadline, a hearing approaching or a public body that has not answered the evidence.
Family Court & Children
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Family Court Position Statement: Preparation Guide
How litigants in person can structure the issues, background, current position and orders sought without losing the key points.
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Building a Family Court Evidence Chronology
A practical method for turning messages, reports, orders and events into a usable chronology for hearing preparation.
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McKenzie Friend Support: What It Can and Cannot Do
Understand the practical role of a McKenzie Friend, including case-paper assistance and hearing support, and the limits on rights of audience.
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How to Prepare for a Family Court Hearing
A structured approach to issues, evidence, orders sought, questions and key documents for litigants in person.
Read guide →Taxi & Private Hire Licensing
5 practical guides in this area.
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Taxi Licence Revoked: Preparing Your Challenge
What to do after a taxi or private hire driver licence revocation: preserve the decision, identify the reasons, evidence and deadline, and prepare the challenge.
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Taxi Licence Suspended: Evidence and Next Steps
How to analyse a suspension decision and prepare the evidence and representations relevant to the licensing authority.
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Fit and Proper Person Decisions in Taxi Licensing
How licensing authorities approach fit and proper person questions and how to prepare a clear evidential response.
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Preparing for a Taxi Licensing Committee Hearing
Organise the decision, policy, chronology, mitigation and supporting evidence before a licensing committee hearing.
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Taxi Licence Appeal Preparation
How to prepare the papers, chronology, policy issues and evidence for a taxi licensing appeal while respecting reserved litigation boundaries.
Read guide →Social Services & Safeguarding
5 practical guides in this area.
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Challenging a Social Services Assessment
How to compare an assessment against the underlying records and identify factual errors, omissions and unsupported conclusions.
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Building Evidence for a Children’s Services Complaint
Turn correspondence, assessments and records into a structured complaint supported by a chronology and evidence schedule.
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Using Social Services Records in a Challenge
How disclosure and records can be organised to test the chronology and reasoning behind a public-body decision.
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Child in Need Plan: Evidence and Challenge Preparation
How to organise records, meetings, assessments and disputed recommendations when a Child in Need plan is being questioned.
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Section 47 Enquiry: Reviewing the Evidence Record
How to compare safeguarding conclusions with source records, chronology and disclosed information.
Read guide →SEND, EHCP & Education
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EHCP Appeal Preparation
How to organise needs, provision and professional evidence before a SEND dispute or tribunal process.
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Challenging the Content of an EHCP
A practical evidence-led approach to disputed needs, provision and placement wording.
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Preparing SEND Evidence
How to organise reports, school evidence and correspondence so the disputed issues can be understood quickly.
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EHCP Section F: When Provision Is Vague or Not Delivered
How to identify unclear provision, compare it with professional recommendations and organise evidence of delivery failures.
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EHCP Annual Review Dispute Preparation
How to build a clear record of recommendations, amendments requested, delays and disputed decisions after an annual review.
Read guide →Housing & Homelessness
5 practical guides in this area.
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Homelessness Decision Review Preparation
How to analyse a council homelessness decision, organise evidence and prepare for a review.
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Challenging Temporary Accommodation Suitability
Evidence and decision analysis for disputes about whether temporary accommodation is suitable.
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Housing Complaint and Ombudsman Preparation
Build a chronology, complaint history and evidence schedule before escalating a housing complaint.
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Medical Evidence in Housing Suitability Disputes
How to organise medical, mobility, care and location evidence around the housing decision actually under review.
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Council Housing Complaint Delays and Escalation
How to record missed responses, changing explanations and unresolved issues before review or Ombudsman escalation.
Read guide →NHS Continuing Healthcare & Social Care
5 practical guides in this area.
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NHS Continuing Healthcare Appeal Preparation
Organise assessments, care records and domain evidence to prepare a structured CHC challenge.
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CHC Domain Evidence: Building the Case
A practical method for mapping care evidence to the CHC domains and identifying gaps in the assessment.
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Challenging an NHS CHC Decision
How to analyse the rationale, MDT material and care evidence behind a CHC eligibility decision.
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CHC Decision Support Tool Dispute: How to Prepare
How to compare DST scores and rationale with contemporaneous care records and professional evidence.
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CHC Funding Withdrawn: Evidence for Review
How to organise historic eligibility material, current care evidence and the reasons given when CHC funding is withdrawn.
Read guide →Regulatory & Ombudsman Complaints
4 practical guides in this area.
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Preparing a Professional Regulator Complaint
How to separate allegations, evidence, chronology and requested outcome in a regulator complaint.
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Ombudsman Complaint Preparation
Build a concise complaint history, identify injustice and organise the evidence before Ombudsman escalation.
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Professional Disciplinary Response Preparation
How to structure allegations, evidence, chronology, mitigation and disputed facts when facing professional discipline.
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Public Body Complaint: Building an Evidence Schedule
A practical method for linking each complaint point to source documents, dates, responses and claimed injustice.
Read guide →Civil, Contract & Consumer Disputes
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Preparing a Civil Case Chronology
Turn a long dispute into a dated sequence of events linked to the documents that prove each point.
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Civil Hearing Preparation for Litigants in Person
Organise issues, evidence and key documents for a civil hearing while retaining responsibility for conducting the litigation.
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Letter Before Action Received: How to Prepare Your Response
How to identify the claim, preserve documents, organise the chronology and prepare the factual material before responding.
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Contract Dispute Evidence: Building the Paper Trail
How to organise contracts, variations, invoices, messages and performance evidence into a coherent dispute record.
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Consumer Dispute Hearing Preparation
How to organise purchase records, expert material, complaints, loss evidence and the key disputed issues.
Read guide →Employment & Tribunals
5 practical guides in this area.
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Employment Tribunal Chronology Preparation
How to organise workplace events, correspondence and evidence into a usable tribunal chronology.
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Preparing Evidence for an Employment Tribunal
A practical approach to issues, documents, witnesses and hearing preparation.
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Disciplinary Hearing Preparation: Evidence and Response
How to organise allegations, policies, messages, witness material and mitigation before a workplace disciplinary hearing.
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Workplace Grievance: Building an Evidence Chronology
How to turn a long workplace history into dated issues supported by documents and identifiable outcomes sought.
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Dismissal Dispute: Tribunal Preparation for Litigants in Person
How to organise the decision, process, evidence, loss documents and disputed facts when dismissal is challenged.
Read guide →DVSA, Operator Licensing & Traffic Commissioner
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Traffic Commissioner Public Inquiry Preparation
How operators and transport managers can organise compliance records, chronology, remediation and supporting evidence before a Public Inquiry.
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DVSA Investigation Response Preparation
How to structure maintenance, drivers hours, roadworthiness and management evidence when responding to DVSA concerns.
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Operator Licence Revocation Risk: Building the Evidence
How to organise undertakings, compliance history, remedial action and management evidence where an operator licence is at risk.
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Transport Manager Repute and Competence Evidence
How to prepare a factual record of systems, oversight, training, corrective action and professional competence.
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Tachograph and Drivers Hours Evidence Preparation
How to organise infringement data, explanations, training and control measures into a coherent compliance record.
Read guide →Hearings, Appeals & Reviews
4 practical guides in this area.
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Appeal Hearing Bundle Preparation
How to organise the decision, grounds, evidence, chronology and key documents so an appeal can be followed efficiently.
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Preparing Questions for a Hearing
A structured method for linking questions to disputed issues, documents and the decision the tribunal or court must make.
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Litigant in Person Hearing Plan
How to create a practical hearing note covering issues, evidence, orders sought, key documents and questions.
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Appeal Deadline Approaching: What to Organise First
A triage approach to the decision notice, deadline, reasons, evidence and procedural documents when time is short.
Read guide →Councils & Public-Body Decisions
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Challenging a Council Decision: Evidence-Led Preparation
How to identify the decision, reasons, policy, procedure and evidence before requesting review or escalating a complaint.
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Maladministration Complaint Preparation
How to document procedural failures, delay, inconsistent responses and resulting injustice in a public-body complaint.
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Procedural Fairness: Reviewing a Public-Body Decision
How to analyse notice, evidence considered, reasons, opportunity to respond and the decision-making record.
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Local Government Ombudsman Evidence Preparation
How to prepare a complaint chronology, final responses, evidence of fault and claimed injustice for Ombudsman review.
Read guide →SAR, FOI & Information Rights
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Incomplete Subject Access Request: What to Check
How to compare an SAR response with known records, missing periods, redactions and the organisation’s search explanation.
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ICO Complaint Preparation for SAR and Data Disputes
How to organise requests, responses, missing records, disputed accuracy and supporting documents before ICO escalation.
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Building a Disclosure Contradiction Schedule
How to compare records from different sources and capture inconsistent dates, statements and decision rationales.
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FOI Refusal: Internal Review Evidence Preparation
How to organise the request, refusal notice, exemptions relied upon and the public authority’s reasoning before internal review.
Read guide →Benefits & Welfare Decisions
4 practical guides in this area.
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Mandatory Reconsideration Evidence Preparation
How to organise the decision, disputed findings and supporting records before requesting reconsideration.
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Benefit Appeal Bundle and Chronology Preparation
How to structure decision letters, medical or financial evidence, chronology and disputed points for appeal preparation.
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Benefits Assessment Evidence Dispute
How to compare assessment findings with underlying records and identify factual or evidential disagreements.
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Welfare Decision Review Preparation
A practical evidence-led approach to administrative welfare decisions, missing evidence and review requests.
Read guide →Business Regulation & Compliance
4 practical guides in this area.
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Business Regulatory Investigation: Response Preparation
How to organise notices, correspondence, policies, records and corrective action when a regulator is investigating a business.
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Trading Standards Investigation Preparation
How to build a clear evidence file covering products, transactions, complaints, policies and remedial action.
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Business Licence Compliance Action: Evidence and Remediation
How to organise compliance history, policies, training, remedial action and representations around a licensing issue.
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Building a Regulatory Remediation Plan
How to turn findings into accountable actions, evidence of implementation, review dates and governance controls.
Read guide →Inquests & Coronial Preparation
4 practical guides in this area.
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Inquest Chronology Preparation
How to organise medical, care, incident and disclosure records into a neutral chronology for coronial preparation.
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Inquest Disclosure Review and Document Organisation
How to index disclosure, identify missing periods and organise records around the issues likely to matter at the inquest.
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Preparing Questions for an Inquest
How to formulate focused questions from the chronology, records and identified factual issues without losing sight of the coroner’s process.
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Coroner Hearing Evidence Preparation
How to organise statements, policies, records and key documents before an inquest or pre-inquest review.
Read guide →Criminal Case Preparation Support
4 practical guides in this area.
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Criminal Disclosure Organisation and Chronology
Non-reserved support for indexing disclosure, building chronology and identifying document relationships alongside authorised legal representation where required.
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Criminal Case Evidence Schedule Preparation
How to organise documents, exhibits, messages and disputed factual points into a structured working schedule.
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Criminal Hearing Document Preparation Support
Practical non-reserved support for organising papers, chronology and issues while keeping reserved legal work with authorised professionals.
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Large Criminal Disclosure Set: How to Organise It
A document-management approach to large disclosure sets, dates, people, exhibits and cross-references.
Read guide →Estate & Probate Preparation
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Estate Document Organisation
How to organise asset, liability, correspondence and administration records before or during estate administration.
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Building an Estate Asset and Liability Schedule
A practical structure for recording property, accounts, debts, valuations and supporting documents.
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Executor Record-Keeping and Administration File
How to maintain a clear record of decisions, correspondence, payments and estate documents while identifying when reserved probate work is required.
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Probate Dispute Document Preparation Support
How to organise estate records, correspondence, chronology and disputed factual material for review by the appropriate professional or decision-maker.
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