Legal Aid Scheme: Domestic Abuse

(asked on 3rd March 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Government plans to take to review the provision of legal aid to domestic abuse victims as a result of the Court of Appeal judgement of 18 February 2016 quashing restrictions on obtaining such aid in family court cases.


Answered by
Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 8th March 2016

We are pleased the court confirmed that the Lord Chancellor did have the power to set domestic violence evidence requirements. We are now carefully considering the judgment as we decide how best to respond to the court’s concerns.

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