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04 March 2016
Issue: 7689 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Legal aid

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R (on the application of Rights of Women) v Lord Chancellor and another [2016] EWCA Civ 91, [2016] All ER (D) 177 (Feb)

The Court of Appeal, in allowing the claimant’s appeal, declared that reg 33 of the Civil Legal Aid (Procedure) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/3098), was invalid insofar as it: (i) required verifications of domestic violence to be given within a 24-month period before any application for legal aid; and (ii) did not cater for victims of domestic violence who had suffered from financial abuse.

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