UK court upholds regulation on legal aid for domestic violence
By Emelina Perez on Jan 23, 2015 02:45 pm
[JURIST] The UK High Court of Justice on
Thursday rejected [judgment] a claim that procedural regulations, known
as CLA(P) Regulation 33, unlawfully restrict domestic violence victims'
access to legal aid. Under the regulations, domestic violence victims
seeking to obtain legal aid must first provide specific types of
evidence. The claimants argued these regulations thwarted previous
legislation, which removed legal aid funding with the exception of
categories of cases which included domestic violence. They further
claimed that it would be highly... +read more
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