Housing·
Section 8 grounds evidence (UK)
A Section 8 notice is a statutory possession notice used to seek possession of an assured tenancy or assured shorthold tenancy by relying on one or more grounds in Schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988.
UK glossary
Document index
108 entries explaining common UK notices and forms, each linked to a VetroCheck agent where you can review your own document.
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- Mobility·
Accident Fault Check (UK)
Accident fault documents are the statement, insurance, evidence, and incident records reviewed when assessing who may be responsible for a road-traffic collision in a UK claim or dispute context.
- Family·
Adoption Order Check (UK)
Adoption order documents are the court, agency, local authority, and supporting records used when assessing whether an adoption application is procedurally complete and supported by the required evidence.
- Public Law·
Ancestry Visa Check (UK)
Ancestry visa documents are the family-history, identity, residence, and route-evidence records reviewed to assess whether an applicant appears to meet the UK Ancestry route requirements under the Immigration Rules.
- Education·
Apprenticeship Rights (UK)
Apprenticeship documents are the training, employment, pay, and agreement records reviewed when assessing rights and obligations in a UK apprenticeship arrangement.
- Housing·
Assured shorthold tenancy (AST) checklist (UK)
An assured shorthold tenancy agreement is the standard private residential tenancy contract used for most market lettings in England and sets out rent, term, occupation rights, and the parties' main obligations.
- Public Law·
Asylum Support Check (UK)
Asylum support documents are the application, accommodation, and financial support records used when assessing eligibility for support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and related Home Office guidance.
- Public Law·
Bailiff Enforcement Check (UK)
Bailiff enforcement documents are the judgment, warrant, notice, and enforcement records reviewed when assessing whether debt enforcement action has been documented and carried out properly.
- Public Law·
Bankruptcy Petition Check (UK)
Bankruptcy petition documents are the debt, demand, court, and insolvency records reviewed when a creditor's or debtor's bankruptcy route is being assessed under the UK insolvency framework.
- Public Law·
Breach Notification Letter Check (UK)
A breach notification letter is the document used to explain a personal data breach, the likely effects, and the remedial steps being taken to affected individuals or regulators where notification is required.
- Consumer·
Building Work Contract Review (UK)
Building-work contract documents are the quote, scope, variation, payment, and defect records reviewed when assessing a UK building or home-improvement contract.
- Mobility·
Bus Lane Penalty Check (UK)
Bus lane penalty documents are the penalty notice, camera evidence, location records, and representations reviewed when a bus-lane contravention is alleged under the relevant UK enforcement regime.
- Tax·
Capital Gains Property Check (UK)
Capital gains property documents are the acquisition, disposal, valuation, relief, and reporting records used to assess a UK capital gains tax position on a property disposal, including any 60-day reporting obligation that may apply.
- Consumer·
Car Finance PCP and HP Check (UK)
Car finance documents are the agreement, affordability, vehicle, and complaint records reviewed when assessing a PCP or hire-purchase arrangement in the UK.
- Public Law·
CCJ Enforcement Check (UK)
CCJ enforcement documents are the judgment, payment, enforcement, and debtor records reviewed when a county court judgment is being enforced or challenged in England and Wales.
- Public Law·
CCTV Compliance Check (UK)
CCTV compliance documents are the signage, policy, retention, access, and governance records reviewed when assessing whether surveillance use complies with UK data protection rules.
- Public Law·
Charge Order Property Check (UK)
Charge order documents are the judgment, interim or final charging-order, property, and enforcement records reviewed when a creditor seeks security over a debtor's property.
- Family·
Child Arrangements Check (UK)
Child arrangements documents are the court forms, statements, orders, and supporting records used when the court is asked to decide with whom a child lives, spends time, or otherwise has contact under the Children Act 1989.
- Tax·
CIS Deductions Check (UK)
CIS deduction documents are the contractor, subcontractor, payment, and tax records reviewed when assessing Construction Industry Scheme deductions in the UK.
- Family·
Codicil Amendment Check (UK)
Codicil documents are the amendment, execution, and will records reviewed when assessing whether a later testamentary amendment has validly changed an existing will.
- Family·
Cohabitation Agreement Check (UK)
Cohabitation agreement documents are the relationship, property, financial, and draft-agreement records reviewed when assessing how unmarried partners intend to regulate living arrangements and finances.
- Family·
Consent Order Financial Check (UK)
Consent order documents are the draft order, financial summary, and supporting records reviewed when parties seek to formalise a financial settlement in family proceedings.
- Public Law·
Cookie Policy Website Check (UK)
A cookie policy and related website notices explain how cookies and similar technologies are used, what categories are deployed, and what user choices are offered under UK data protection and e-privacy rules.
- Public Law·
Council Tax Arrears Check (UK)
Council tax arrears documents are the bill, reminder, liability, and enforcement records reviewed when assessing arrears and recovery action on a council tax account.
- Mobility·
Dangerous Driving Summons Check (UK)
Dangerous driving documents are the summons, charge, police, witness, and court records reviewed when a dangerous-driving allegation is being prosecuted or challenged.
- Public Law·
Debt Relief Order Check (UK)
Debt Relief Order documents are the debt, income, asset, and eligibility records reviewed when assessing whether a person appears suitable for a Debt Relief Order under the UK insolvency framework.
- Public Law·
Direct Marketing Consent Check (UK)
Direct marketing consent documents record what a person was told, how consent was collected, and whether a business can rely on that consent for marketing under UK data protection and e-privacy rules.
- Employment·
Disciplinary Outcome Check (UK)
Disciplinary outcome documents are the allegation, investigation, hearing, and decision records reviewed when assessing whether an employment disciplinary result was reached and documented fairly.
- Family·
Divorce Petition Check (UK)
Divorce documents are the application, acknowledgment, order, and supporting records reviewed when a marriage is being dissolved under the current family-law process in England and Wales.
- Family·
Domestic Abuse Injunction Check (UK)
Domestic abuse injunction documents are the application, statement, incident, and court-order records reviewed when protective relief such as a non-molestation or occupation order is sought or challenged.
- Family·
Donation Mortis Causa Check (UK)
Donation mortis causa documents are the statement, asset, intention, and death-related records reviewed when a deathbed gift is said to have passed outside the will or intestacy position.
- Mobility·
Driving Ban Hardship Check (UK)
Driving-ban hardship documents are the motoring, employment, family, and dependency records reviewed when a person seeks to argue exceptional hardship in response to a totting-up disqualification or related ban issue.
- Mobility·
DVLA Medical Revocation Check (UK)
DVLA medical revocation documents are the licence, medical, correspondence, and decision records reviewed when a driving entitlement is revoked or restricted on medical grounds.
- Employment·
Employment Contract Review (UK)
Employment contract documents are the contract, handbook, variation, and pay or duties records reviewed when assessing the terms of a UK employment relationship.
- Public Law·
Employment Data Processing Check (UK)
Employment data processing documents show how an employer collects, uses, stores, and shares workforce data and whether the stated processing basis matches UK data protection rules.
- Housing·
End of Tenancy Deposit Review (UK)
End-of-tenancy deposit documents are the tenancy, inventory, check-out, payment, and dispute records reviewed when assessing whether deposit deductions are supported at the end of a tenancy.
- Family·
Estate Administration Check (UK)
Estate administration documents are the probate, asset, liability, tax, and distribution records reviewed when administering a deceased person's estate in the relevant UK jurisdiction.
- Public Law·
EU Settlement Scheme Check (UK)
EU Settlement Scheme documents are the identity, residence, family, and status records used to assess an application under Appendix EU to the Immigration Rules.
- Education·
Exam Malpractice Appeals (UK)
Exam malpractice documents are the allegation, school or provider findings, evidence, and appeal records reviewed when academic misconduct is alleged in an examination or assessment context.
- Family·
Executor Removal Check (UK)
Executor-removal documents are the probate, administration, complaint, and conduct records reviewed when an executor or personal representative's continued role is being challenged.
- Consumer·
Faulty goods and warranty documents (UK)
Faulty goods and warranty documents are the purchase, defect, complaint, repair, and refund records reviewed when assessing consumer rights in relation to defective goods in the UK.
- Family·
Financial Disclosure Form E Check (UK)
Form E and related disclosure documents are the income, asset, debt, and supporting records reviewed when financial disclosure is being made in family proceedings in England and Wales.
- Consumer·
Funeral Plan Review (UK)
Funeral plan documents are the contract, payment, provider, and cancellation or complaint records reviewed when a prepaid funeral plan is being assessed in a UK consumer context.
- Employment·
Grievance Letter Review (UK)
Grievance documents are the complaint, evidence, policy, and employer-response records reviewed when an employee raises a formal workplace grievance in the UK.
- Public Law·
Guarantor Agreement Check (UK)
Guarantor agreement documents are the contract, tenant or borrower, risk, and notice records reviewed when assessing whether a guarantor's obligations have been documented clearly and may be enforceable.
- Public Law·
Health Records Access Check (UK)
Health records access documents are the request, identity, authority, and disclosure records reviewed to assess whether access to medical records has been handled in line with the applicable UK access and data protection rules.
- Tax·
High Income Child Benefit Charge Check (UK)
High Income Child Benefit Charge documents are the income, benefit, household, and tax records reviewed when assessing whether the charge applies and how it should be reported to HMRC.
- Housing·
HMO Licensing Check (UK)
HMO licensing documents are the occupancy, property, landlord, and local-authority records reviewed when assessing whether a house in multiple occupation requires and holds the correct licence.
- Tax·
HMRC Penalty Appeal Check (UK)
HMRC penalty appeal documents are the assessment, notice, excuse, and supporting records reviewed when a tax penalty is being challenged or mitigated.
- Public Law·
Indefinite Leave Check (UK)
Indefinite leave to remain documents are the residence, status, identity, and route-compliance records used to assess whether a person appears eligible for settlement in the UK under the relevant Immigration Rules route.
- Family·
Inheritance Provision Document Review (UK)
Inheritance provision documents are the will, estate, dependency, financial, and relationship records reviewed when assessing a potential claim for reasonable financial provision from a deceased person's estate.
- Tax·
Inheritance Tax Check (UK)
Inheritance tax documents are the estate, gift, valuation, trust, and probate records used to assess whether inheritance tax is due and how the taxable estate should be reported under the UK inheritance tax rules.
- Public Law·
Innovator Founder Visa Check (UK)
Innovator Founder visa documents are the endorsement, business, identity, and immigration records used to assess whether an applicant appears to meet the UK Innovator Founder route under the Immigration Rules.
- Mobility·
Insurance Claim Document Review (UK)
Insurance claim documents are the policy, loss, evidence, valuation, and claims-correspondence records reviewed when a UK insurance claim is being assessed or disputed.
- Public Law·
Insurance Data Sharing Check (UK)
Insurance data-sharing documents are the privacy notices, claim records, consent or notice materials, and recipient disclosures reviewed to assess whether personal data is shared lawfully in the insurance context under UK data protection law.
- Family·
Intestacy Rules Check (UK)
Intestacy documents are the family, estate, and administration records reviewed to assess how a deceased person's estate may be distributed where there is no valid will.
- Public Law·
IVA Proposal Check (UK)
An IVA proposal is the formal insolvency proposal and supporting financial record used to ask creditors to approve an Individual Voluntary Arrangement under the UK personal insolvency framework.
- Family·
Lasting Power of Attorney Check (UK)
Lasting Power of Attorney documents are the donor, attorney, certificate-provider, and registration records reviewed to assess whether an LPA appears properly completed and usable in England and Wales.
- Housing·
Lodger Agreement Check (UK)
Lodger agreement documents are the occupation, payment, house-rule, and living-arrangement records reviewed when assessing whether an occupier is likely to be a lodger, licensee, or tenant under UK housing law.
- Consumer·
Mobile Phone Contract Check (UK)
Mobile phone contract documents are the handset, tariff, term, billing, and cancellation records reviewed when a UK telecoms agreement or dispute is being assessed.
- Employment·
National Minimum Wage Check (UK)
National Minimum Wage documents are the pay, hours, deductions, and worker-status records reviewed to assess whether pay meets the UK's minimum wage requirements for the relevant period and worker category.
- Consumer·
Online Purchase Return Check (UK)
Online purchase return documents are the order, delivery, return, and refund records reviewed to assess whether a UK consumer's cancellation, return, or refund position is supported under contract and consumer law.
- Mobility·
Parking Ticket Notice Check (UK)
Parking ticket documents are the penalty or parking charge notice, photographs, representations, and enforcement records reviewed when a UK parking allegation is being challenged or enforced.
- Tax·
PAYE Tax Code Review (UK)
PAYE tax code documents are the coding notices, pay records, benefits, and correspondence reviewed when assessing whether an employee's UK tax code appears correct.
- Tax·
Pension Tax Allowance Check (UK)
Pension tax allowance documents are the contribution, pension-growth, carry-forward, and tax records reviewed when assessing whether UK pension allowances have been used correctly.
- Family·
Prenuptial Agreement Check (UK)
Prenuptial agreement documents are the draft agreement, financial disclosure, legal-advice, and timing records reviewed to assess the weight a court may give the agreement in a later family-law dispute.
- Public Law·
Priority Debt Budget Check (UK)
Priority debt and budget documents are the income, expenditure, arrears, and creditor records reviewed when assessing how urgent household debts should be prioritised and presented in a UK debt-management context.
- Family·
Probate Application Check (UK)
Probate application documents are the will, death, tax, executor, and estate records used to apply for a grant and administer a deceased person's estate in the relevant UK jurisdiction.
- Employment·
Redundancy Package Check (UK)
Redundancy package documents are the consultation, dismissal, notice, pay, and settlement papers used to assess whether a UK redundancy exit has been documented and calculated properly.
- Housing·
Rent increase notice (UK)
A rent increase notice is the document used to notify a tenant that the rent is to change from a specified date and, for many periodic assured shorthold tenancies, may rely on the statutory section 13 procedure in the Housing Act 1988.
- Housing·
Repairing Obligations Check (UK)
Repairing obligation documents are the tenancy, lease, notice, inspection, and contractor records reviewed when assessing who is responsible for repairs in a UK housing or property context.
- Employment·
Restrictive Covenant Check (UK)
Restrictive covenant documents are the employment or business-sale contract records reviewed to assess whether post-termination restrictions may be enforceable under current UK law.
- Public Law·
Right to Work Check (UK)
Right to work documents are the identity, immigration-status, and employer-check records used to show that a UK employer has carried out a compliant right to work check before employment begins and, where required, during employment.
- Education·
School Complaints (UK)
School complaints documents are the incident records, correspondence, policies, and response letters reviewed when assessing whether a complaint to a school or education body has been documented and handled properly.
- Education·
School Data Protection (UK)
School data protection documents are the privacy notices, policies, consent records, and handling logs used to assess whether a school or education provider is processing personal data in line with UK data protection law.
- Public Law·
School Pupil Data Check (UK)
School pupil data documents are the attendance, behaviour, safeguarding, academic, and disclosure records reviewed when assessing the accuracy, use, or sharing of pupil information by a school or education body.
- Housing·
Section 21 notice (UK)
A Section 21 notice is a statutory notice used in England to seek possession of an assured shorthold tenancy without alleging tenant fault, subject to the Housing Act 1988 and later compliance rules.
- Consumer·
Section 75 credit claim documents (UK)
Section 75 claim documents are the purchase, credit-card, and complaint records used to ask a UK credit card issuer for compensation or reimbursement under section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974.
- Tax·
Self Assessment Return Check (UK)
A Self Assessment return is the tax return used to declare taxable income and gains to HMRC under the UK Self Assessment regime, together with the records that support the figures entered.
- Consumer·
Service Contract Check (UK)
Service contract documents are the agreement, scope, fee, termination, and liability records reviewed when assessing a UK commercial or consumer services contract.
- Employment·
Settlement agreement documents (UK)
A settlement agreement is a written employment agreement used to settle claims or potential claims, usually in return for compensation and independent legal advice that satisfies the statutory conditions for a valid waiver.
- Public Law·
Skilled Worker Visa Check (UK)
Skilled Worker visa documents are the sponsorship, identity, employment, and immigration records used to assess whether an applicant meets the UK Skilled Worker route under the Immigration Rules.
- Housing·
Social Housing Tenancy Check (UK)
Social housing tenancy documents are the tenancy, rent, allocation, notice, and landlord records reviewed when assessing a social landlord tenancy position in the relevant UK housing framework.
- Education·
Special Educational Needs (UK)
Special educational needs documents are the assessment, support, school, and professional evidence records reviewed when a child's special educational provision or placement is being considered within the relevant UK education system.
- Family·
Special Guardianship Check (UK)
Special guardianship documents are the court, local authority, and welfare records reviewed when assessing a special guardianship application or order relating to a child.
- Mobility·
Speeding Notice Check (UK)
Speeding notice documents are the notice of intended prosecution, driver-information request, and related enforcement records reviewed when an alleged speeding offence is being notified or pursued.
- Public Law·
Spouse Visa Financial Check (UK)
Spouse visa financial documents are the earnings, savings, housing, and supporting records used to show that a partner application meets the financial requirements of Appendix FM and Appendix FM-SE to the Immigration Rules.
- Debt·
Statute-barred debt letters (UK)
Statute-barred debt documents are the account statements, correspondence, and payment or acknowledgment records used to assess whether a debt may be unenforceable because the limitation period has expired.
- Education·
Student Accommodation (UK)
Student accommodation documents are the booking, tenancy or licence, payment, and property records reviewed when a student housing arrangement in the UK is being assessed or disputed.
- Education·
Student Finance (UK)
Student Finance documents are the application, income, identity, and course-entitlement records used to assess tuition fee and maintenance support under the student support rules for the relevant part of the UK.
- Public Law·
Student Visa Check (UK)
Student visa documents are the Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies, identity, funding, and course records used to assess whether an applicant meets the UK Student route under the Immigration Rules.
- Public Law·
Subject Access Request Check (UK)
Subject access request documents are the request, response, identity, and disclosure records reviewed to assess whether personal data was handled in line with the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018.
- Family·
Surrogacy Arrangement Check (UK)
Surrogacy arrangement documents are the agreement, fertility, parental, consent, and post-birth records reviewed when assessing how a surrogacy arrangement has been documented and what legal steps may follow.
- Mobility·
Taxi Licence Check (UK)
Taxi licence documents are the application, vehicle, medical, conduct, and authority records reviewed when a taxi or private-hire licensing matter is being assessed.
- Education·
Teacher Misconduct (UK)
Teacher misconduct documents are the allegation, disciplinary, safeguarding, regulatory, and response records reviewed when a teaching professional's conduct is being investigated or challenged.
- Housing·
Tenancy deposit protection (UK)
Tenancy deposit protection documents show whether a tenancy deposit was protected in an authorised tenancy deposit scheme and whether the tenant received the prescribed information required by law within the applicable deadline.
- Public Law·
Tenant Data Landlord Check (UK)
Tenant data and landlord processing documents are the notices, records, and communications reviewed to assess whether a landlord or letting business is handling tenant personal data lawfully under UK data protection rules.
- Consumer·
Timeshare Exit Check (UK)
Timeshare exit documents are the contracts, finance papers, cancellation correspondence, and resale or termination records reviewed when a UK timeshare dispute or exit strategy is being assessed.
- Tax·
Trading Allowance Side Hustle Check (UK)
Trading allowance documents are the side-income, expense, and tax records reviewed when assessing whether the UK trading allowance may apply to casual or secondary income.
- Education·
Truancy Penalties (UK)
Truancy penalty documents are the attendance, notice, school, and local-authority records reviewed when a penalty or attendance-enforcement step is taken in relation to school absence.
- Employment·
TUPE Transfer Check (UK)
TUPE transfer documents are the employee, business-transfer, and information-and-consultation records reviewed to assess whether a transfer may fall within the Transfer of Undertakings framework and whether workforce obligations were handled properly.
- Employment·
Unfair Dismissal Check (UK)
Unfair dismissal documents are the dismissal, disciplinary, capability, redundancy, and appeal records used to assess whether a termination was fair under the Employment Rights Act 1996.
- Education·
University Admissions (UK)
University admissions documents are the application, offer, academic, and decision records reviewed when assessing an admissions outcome or process within the UK higher-education context.
- Tax·
VAT Return Small Business Check (UK)
VAT return documents are the sales, purchase, adjustment, and digital record-keeping papers used to prepare and support a UK VAT return for a business within the VAT system.
- Public Law·
Visitor Visa Refusal Review (UK)
Visitor visa refusal documents are the refusal notice, application record, and supporting evidence reviewed to assess why a UK visitor application was refused under the Immigration Rules and whether a fresh application or challenge route may be available.
- Family·
Will Formalities Checklist (UK)
Will formalities documents are the draft, signature, witnessing, and related records reviewed to assess whether a will appears to comply with the formal validity requirements for execution in the relevant UK jurisdiction.
- Family·
Will Trust Document Review (UK)
Will and trust documents are the testamentary, trust, appointment, and estate records reviewed to assess how property is intended to pass, be controlled, or be managed under the relevant UK legal framework.
- Employment·
Zero Hours Contract Check (UK)
Zero-hours contract documents are the contract, rota, pay, and working-pattern records reviewed when assessing rights and obligations under a UK zero-hours working arrangement.