Covenant Legal Duty toolkit

This toolkit of resources provides information about the Legal Duty aspect of the Armed Forces Covenant. Please use these resources to inform yourself or to engage with your wider networks.

Reference documents

Statutory Guidance

Statutory Guidance provides comprehensive information on the Legal Duty, and examples of good practice.

FAQs

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Covenant Legal Duty.

Flow diagram

A flow diagram and example scenarios show how to decide if your situation is covered by the Legal Duty.

Guide for the Armed Forces Community

This article summarises what the Duty Extension means for the Armed Forces Community

Guide for Armed Forces Families

This article summarises what the Duty Extension means for Armed Forces Families

Guide for Bodies in scope

This article summarises what the Duty Extension means for Bodies in scope

Guide for organisations

This news article summarises what the organisations in scope of the Legal Duty need to know.

Guide for the Armed Forces

This article summarises what the Legal Duty means for the Armed Forces community.

Duty on a page

The Legal Duty on 1 page.

Animation

This 3-minute animation introduces the Covenant and includes a section on the Legal Duty.

2022 Covenant Conference

MOD's Covenant team gave an introduction to the Legal Duty at the 2022 Covenant Conference. Note this was before it came into force, so some of the language is now out of date.