Practical guides
A letter, a form, a hearing. Start with the subject in front of you, and take one step at a time.
Benefits and forms
- Filling in the PIP2 form
Practical help preparing the How your disability affects you form: dates, examples from your day, existing evidence and keeping copies.
- If a benefit decision goes against you
The first steps after a benefit decision: mandatory reconsideration, the appeal deadline, organising your papers and finding free help.
- Child DLA and Blue Badge
A practical guide to Child DLA claim dates, the move to PIP at 16, and Blue Badge applications and reconsideration in England.
Courts and tribunals
- Working with a McKenzie Friend
Prepare for a hearing with a clear understanding of McKenzie Friend support, court permission, papers, fees and the limits of our role.
- Employment tribunal: time limits and first steps
Check the date of an employment problem, contact Acas for early conciliation and organise your papers. Includes the planned January 2027 change.
- Small claims, step by step
A plain guide to the small claims track in England and Wales: the letter before claim, court fees, Help with Fees, mediation and what a McKenzie Friend can do.
- SEND: asking for an EHC needs assessment and appealing (England)
How to ask for an education, health and care needs assessment in England, the 6-week and 20-week timescales, mediation certificates and appealing to the SEND tribunal.
Housing
Complaints
Free introductory consultation — 15 to 30 minutes. Billy or Pravesh will ring you to agree a time. No obligation to proceed.