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This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament

Rejected petition Bring back legal aid for family law. Our rights to a fair justice system

It's diabolical that legal aid has been removed from family law.
Parents all over the country are not getting a fair hearing and through lack of knowledge and unfair rules they are having to be litigants
in person.
Accused of offences that belong in criminal court

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/177419

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