Everyday legal questions in Switzerland.

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Housing and renting: Notice from the landlord · Rent increase · Asking for a rent reduction · Defects in the flat · Getting the rent deposit back · Moving out early
Work: Notice from the employer · Summary dismissal · Unpaid wages · Pay during illness · Work reference
Debt and debt collection: Payment order received · Wage garnishment and subsistence minimum
Buying and hiring: Defective purchase · Withdrawing from a doorstep or phone sale · Poor work by a tradesperson
Traffic and fines: Penalty order received · Fixed fine
Authorities and taxes: Challenging a tax assessment · Appealing a decision by an authority
Data and privacy: Access to your personal data

Family and partnership: Separation · Divorce basics · Child maintenance · Parental responsibility and contact
Inheritance and planning ahead: Making a will · Compulsory shares · Refusing an inheritance · Debts of the deceased · Advance care directive
Social insurance: Registering as unemployed and benefit suspensions · Invalidity insurance application · Accident at work · Gaps in AHV contributions
Health insurance: The insurer refuses to pay a bill · Changing insurer: deadlines · Supplementary insurance disputes
Protection and victim support: Victim support · Your rights when questioned by the police · Domestic violence
Courts and lawyers: How conciliation works · Free legal aid · Finding and paying a lawyer
Further topics: Neighbours: noise, trees, boundaries · Claims up to CHF 30,000 · An insurance claim is refused · Road accident · Flight delays and cancellations · Dog bites · Apprenticeships · School and education decisions · Residence permits · Online fraud · Deleting your personal data