Petition Make legal aid available to all victims of domestic abuse/coercive control

Victims of domestic abuse/coercive control are being refused legal aid for owning the home they and the children live in, though no other assets or funds exist, preventing access to professional legal representation against their abuser. The home must not be used as grounds to refuse legal aid.

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The previous system granted legal aid to women for divorce irrespective of whether or not they were victims of domestic abuse and the home didn't feature.

Selling your home or being refused access by a spouse without means to secure another is classed as intentional homelessness = no access to social housing etc.

This loop hole of injustice, discriminates & denies victims, access to the justice system.

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Date closed 13 October 2021
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