UK Parliament home

This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament

View other petitions from this Parliament

Closed Fund legal aid for all domestic violence victims

Closed on

I have started this petition in a bid for legal aid to be available to ALL victims of domestic violence in private family proceedings.

I was a victim of what a Criminal Court Judge described as "appalling" behaviour by the father of my child.

Despite being sent to prison as a result of his abusive behaviour, my ex pursued a private family court application for contact with our daughter. This meant that despite a restraining order being made in civil proceedings, my abuser was able to continue his campaign directly against me through the family courts.

Legal aid would have provided me with the safety of a solicitor during the proceedings, which after spending thousands in legal fees I could no longer afford later in proceedings

20 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Petition progress

View all updates for this petition, with the most recent first.

  • Petition closed

  • Petition published

    This petition can now be signed.

    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 6 November 2019.