Your rights and the law

Services

  • The Data Protection Act (DPA) controls how personal information can be used and your rights to ask for information about yourself

  • Find out if you can get legal aid, which can help pay for legal advice, family mediation or representation in court or at a tribunal if you can’t afford it

  • Find legal advice to solve legal problems out of court: solicitors, pro bono lawyers, barristers, mediators and legal aid.

  • You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a 'substantial' and 'long-term' negative effect on your ability to do daily activities

  • It is against the law to discriminate against anyone because of their sex, religion, disability or certain other personal characteristics ('protected characteristics')

Guidance and regulation

News and communications

Research and statistics

Policy papers and consultations

Transparency and freedom of information releases