Victims of domestic violence will have more support in taking abusive former parters to court after the court of appeal quashed restrictions on obtaining legal aid in family court cases. The decision comes after women’s rights campaigners argued large numbers of victims were being unlawfully blocked from legal aid, forcing many who have endured rape and beating at the hands of their partners to face their abusers in court without legal representation. It means the government will now have to remove the stipulation that people applying for legal aid had to produce evidence of domestic violence within the previous two years. The former regulations effectively excluded victims who have suffered financial abuse, campaigners argued. The ruling is a victory for campaign group Rights of Women, which appealed against a high court judgment that upheld the changes as lawful. Research by the charity had found that 53% of those affected by domestic violence had chosen not to pursue cases in the family courts because they could not get legal aid. Emma Scott, director of Rights of Women, said: “Today’s judgment is important recognition of women’s real life experiences of domestic violence and means that more women affected by violence will have… Read full this story
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