Notice periods and ending a job
How much notice you or your employer must give, what changes when a job is cut, and when your last pay is due.
Employment Act 1955
Guides for life events
What the law says when something happens to you, in plain English, with every section it relies on linked.
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Renting a home: eviction and unpaid rent
How a landlord can take a home back, what a warrant of distress can and cannot seize, and what a sum named in a tenancy agreement is worth.
Specific Relief Act 1950, Distress Act 1951
Buying a home from a developer
Who can sell you a home that is still being built, where your payments go, and how to make a claim against a developer.
Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966
Separating or divorcing
Which law applies to you, when you can file, and how assets are divided, under the civil law and under Islamic family law.
Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories) Act 1984
When is an agreement legally binding?
What makes an agreement a contract, when a contract is void or voidable, and what you can claim when one is broken.
Contracts Act 1950
Your personal data and a data breach
Your rights over personal data held about you, and what must happen after a data breach.
Personal Data Protection Act 2010, Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024
If you are arrested or questioned
Your rights when the police arrest or question you, and how long you can be held.
Federal Constitution, Criminal Procedure Code
Starting a business
Registering a business, and forming a company with its directors and secretary.
Registration of Businesses Act 1956, Companies Act 2016
