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By Monidipa Fouzder2021-01-28T11:13:00+00:00 New rules come into force today widening legal aid access to homeowners on low incomes, which justice campaigners say will also benefit victims of domestic abuse. Last month, the government agreed to change controversial rules which counted mortgage debt over £100,000 as assets following a challenge brought by strategic litigation group Public Law Project. The challenge was supported by the Law Society. Public Law Project said the rule change would particularly benefit survivors of domestic violence, with many more able to have legal represent...

Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 Changes to the legal aid rules have been laid in Parliament that will allow more homeowners on low incomes to access legal aid. The rule change, brought about by the Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020(the Amendment Regulations), will particularly benefit survivors of domestic violence, with many more able to have legal representation in family proceedings, reducing the risk of being cross-examined by their abusers in court. The Government agreed...

Last modified on Fri 18 Dec 2020 12.37 EST More victims of domestic violence will be eligible for legal aid after the Ministry of Justice agreed to drop restrictive “imaginary capital” rules for home ownership that falsely inflated their wealth and deprived them of help. The new regulations were introduced following a high court judgment in November which said that a single parent and domestic abuse survivor who had only £28 in the bank should not have been refused legal aid for a child custody case. Legal aid eligibility is assessed by a complex means test. The previous formula meant no...