About Know Your Rights UK
Know Your Rights UK is a free online resource that helps people in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland understand their legal rights — without legal jargon, without sign-ups, and without cost. We believe everyone deserves to know where they stand.
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Our mission
Our mission is simple: to make UK legal rights accessible to everyone, regardless of income, education, or background. Legal information should not be a privilege reserved for those who can afford a solicitor. Understanding your rights is the first step to exercising them.
Know Your Rights UK covers the areas of law that affect people most in their everyday lives:
- ✓Benefits — PIP, Universal Credit, ESA, housing benefit, carers allowance, attendance allowance, mandatory reconsideration, and tribunal appeals
- ✓Employment law — unfair dismissal, redundancy, discrimination, sick pay, employment tribunals, zero-hours contracts, TUPE, and whistleblowing
- ✓Housing rights — eviction, Section 21, renters rights, repairs, deposits, damp and mould, and housing disrepair
- ✓Debt — CCJs, bailiffs, statute-barred debt, IVAs, Debt Relief Orders, bankruptcy, and breathing space
- ✓Council services — council tax, housing applications, planning, freedom of information
- ✓Consumer rights — faulty goods, refunds, Section 75, small claims court, chargeback, and subscription traps
All of our content is free. We do not place legal guidance behind paywalls. We do not require registration. We do not use advertising that restricts access to information.
How our content is written and reviewed
Our content is written by researchers with expertise in UK law. We work exclusively from primary and authoritative secondary sources — we do not rely on law firm marketing blogs, tabloid summaries, or unverified third-party articles.
Our primary sources include:
- ✓Acts of Parliament and statutory instruments, as published on legislation.gov.uk
- ✓Official government guidance published on GOV.UK
- ✓Tribunal and court decisions, referenced directly where cited
- ✓Guidance from authoritative bodies: Acas (employment), Shelter (housing), Citizens Advice (benefits and debt), DWP (benefits), HMRC (tax), and the FCA (financial)
Every page on this site cites the relevant statute or primary source. Where legislation applies differently across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland, we make that clear on the page.
Pages are reviewed and updated whenever legislation changes, a significant court ruling is handed down, or government guidance is revised. Our legislation tracker lists every statute referenced on the site, together with commencement dates and the date we last reviewed content against it. You can read more about our process on our Editorial Policy page.
Our commitment to accuracy
Know Your Rights UK is a YMYL (Your Money or Your Life) site. The topics we cover — benefits entitlements, employment rights, eviction, debt — have real consequences for people's lives. We treat legal accuracy as a primary obligation, not a secondary consideration.
When the law changes, we update affected pages promptly — within 48 hours for major legislative changes, and within 7 days for minor changes. We track legislation via a formal internal tracker and carry out content reviews after every Budget, Autumn Statement, and significant court ruling.
What we cover
Our guides span the areas of law that affect ordinary people in the UK most frequently. Here is a full overview of the topics we currently publish guidance on:
Benefits
- ✓Personal Independence Payment (PIP) — eligibility, assessment, daily living, mobility, rates
- ✓Universal Credit — how it works, payment cycles, sanctions, deductions, and challenges
- ✓Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) — work capability assessments and groups
- ✓Housing Benefit — eligibility, Local Housing Allowance, appeals
- ✓Carer's Allowance — who qualifies, how much, and the earnings threshold
- ✓Attendance Allowance — for those over State Pension age with care needs
- ✓Child Benefit — eligibility, the High Income Charge, and how to claim
- ✓Mandatory Reconsideration — how to formally challenge a DWP decision
- ✓Benefits Tribunal Appeals — taking a decision to the First-tier Tribunal
Employment
- ✓Unfair dismissal — what counts, the qualifying period, and tribunal claims
- ✓Redundancy — statutory pay, consultation rights, and selection fairness
- ✓Discrimination — the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010
- ✓Statutory sick pay — entitlement, rates, and employer obligations
- ✓Employment tribunals — process, time limits, and how to bring a claim
- ✓Zero-hours contracts — rights, exclusivity clauses, and guaranteed hours
- ✓TUPE transfers — what happens to your rights when a business changes hands
- ✓Whistleblowing — protected disclosures and detriment claims
- ✓Maternity, paternity, parental and flexible working rights
- ✓Settlement agreements, disciplinary procedures, and notice periods
Housing
- ✓Eviction — the possession process, notice periods, and court orders
- ✓Section 21 — no-fault eviction (abolished 1 May 2026 under the Renters' Rights Act)
- ✓Renters' rights — new rights under the Renters' Rights Act 2025
- ✓Repairs and housing disrepair — landlord obligations and your remedies
- ✓Damp and mould — the Decent Homes Standard and HHSRS
- ✓Tenancy deposits — protection rules, deductions, and deposit disputes
- ✓Right to Buy, shared ownership, leasehold rights
Debt
- ✓County Court Judgments (CCJs) — how they work, how to challenge them, and their effect on credit
- ✓Bailiffs — what they can and cannot do, and how to challenge unfair enforcement
- ✓Statute-barred debt — the Limitation Act 1980 and when creditors cannot pursue you
- ✓Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) — how they work, pros and cons
- ✓Debt Relief Orders (DROs) — eligibility and effect
- ✓Bankruptcy — the process, consequences, and discharge
- ✓Breathing Space — the Debt Respite Scheme and your 60-day protection
Council and Consumer
- ✓Council tax — bands, exemptions, reductions, and disputes
- ✓Social housing and housing applications
- ✓Planning — neighbour objections and enforcement
- ✓Faulty goods and refunds — your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015
- ✓Section 75 — credit card protection for purchases over £100
- ✓Small claims court — the process for suing for money you are owed
- ✓Chargeback — disputing a debit or credit card payment
- ✓Subscription traps — cancellation rights under the DMCC Act 2025
Our free guidance assistant
In addition to our written guides, we provide a free AI-powered guidance assistant that can give you plain-English answers about your specific situation — not just general information.
The guidance assistant can:
- ✓Answer questions about your specific situation in plain English
- ✓Explain your rights in the context of the nation you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland)
- ✓Walk you through next steps and what to do if your rights have been breached
- ✓Help you draft a formal letter to a landlord, employer, or creditor
- ✓Signpost you to the right official bodies and free advice services
The assistant is available via the "Start Your Case" button on any page on this site. You can use it to ask about your situation in your own words — there is no requirement to use legal terminology.
Contact and feedback
We are committed to keeping our content accurate and up to date. If you spot an error, believe information is outdated, or have a suggestion for a topic we should cover, please let us know. We take accuracy reports seriously and review all submissions promptly.
You can contact us at: contact@knowyourrightsuk.com
When reporting an inaccuracy, please include the URL of the page in question and a brief description of the specific issue. We aim to respond to all accuracy reports within 24 hours and to update affected content within 48 hours of confirming a significant error.
We do not accept paid content, sponsored articles, or external contributions. All content on this site is written and reviewed independently.
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