{"id":17364,"date":"2023-04-17T10:02:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T09:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodmanray.com\/?p=17364"},"modified":"2025-11-14T10:27:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T10:27:29","slug":"domestic-abuse-survivor-unlawfully-denied-legal-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/pt\/news\/2023\/04\/domestic-abuse-survivor-unlawfully-denied-legal-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sobrevivente de maus-tratos dom\u00e9sticos a quem foi negada ilegalmente assist\u00eancia jur\u00eddica"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Abuse Survivor Denied Legal Aid Due to Child\u2019s Living Arrangements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) recently deemed a woman ineligible for legal aid after claiming that she had no dependants because her son did not live with her. A woman and her abusive former partner had agreed contact arrangements of their child, however, the ex-partner violated their arrangement and limited the woman\u2019s contact with their son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an attempt to gain more access to her son, she applied for legal aid in order to take the matter to court with legal representation. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/legal-aid-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LAA<\/a> determined that because the child did not currently reside with her, he couldn\u2019t be considered as her dependant. As a result, this placed her disposable income as over the threshold used to determine whether an individual is eligible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How Legal Aid Eligibility Is Determined: Means, Merits, and Dependants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal aid assists individuals <\/strong>who do not possess the means to afford the legal help that they are seeking. In civil cases, the amount of financial assistance that an individual receives is determined by the LAA assessing that person\u2019s means and merits. The merits in a case refers to the individual\u2019s likelihood of success. The means in a case pertains to one\u2019s financial situation regarding income and capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dependants are also typically included in the LAA\u2019s assessment of an individual\u2019s eligibility for financial assistance. When the LAA evaluates an individual\u2019s disposable income, they remove approximately \u00a3307.64 for each child dependant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Challenging a Legal Aid Refusal in the High Court<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the LAA\u2019s inadequate assessment of the woman\u2019s financial situation, she took the decision to the High Court being represented by the Public Law Project, in order to have the decision overturned. The matter was heard on 8th March 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High Court Overturns Unlawful Legal Aid Denial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the hearing, the High Court overturned the LAA\u2019s decision to refuse legal aid to the Applicant. It was successfully argued that the guidance provided by the Lord Chancellor to the LAA was unlawful in that it restricts the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/organisations\/legal-aid-agency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legal Aid Agency\u2019s<\/a> ability to assist parents in this situation. It was also successfully argued that the LAA had failed to consider why the child was not living with the mother. The Judge did not concede in respect of the final argument put forward as to whether the Applicant\u2019s rights had been breached under Article 6 and Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judgement obtained on 8th March 2023 has now set the precedent for future applications for legal aid. Now, parents who share care arrangements of their children are more likely to qualify for legal aid within civil law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover rounded-xl\" style=\"min-height:195px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-20077 size-large\" alt=\"Should domestic abuse victims be cross examined - Picture of a female in distress with her head in her hands in a darkened room.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/should-victims-be-cross-examined-feature-image-1024x683.webp\" style=\"object-position:49% 36%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"49% 36%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/should-victims-be-cross-examined-feature-image-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/should-victims-be-cross-examined-feature-image-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/should-victims-be-cross-examined-feature-image-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/should-victims-be-cross-examined-feature-image.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-background-dim-20 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-a209ae40 wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic abuse survivor shut out of legal aid challenge against Ministry of Justice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A single mother (\u2018Susie\u2019) who is also a survivor of domestic abuse is taking the Legal Aid Agency (\u2018LAA\u2019) and Ministry of Justice (\u2018MoJ\u2019) to the High Court in London on 7 March for refusing to grant her legal aid she needed to enforce a child custody arrangement. If the challenge to the LAA and&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2023\/mar\/06\/domestic-abuse-survivor-takes-justice-ministry-to-court-over-legal-aid-refusal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color\">continue reading<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right rounded-xl has-small-font-size\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> O Guardi\u00e3o<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have been a victim of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/pt\/our-expertise\/domestic-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viol\u00eancia dom\u00e9stica<\/a> and are seeking help and advice then our domestic abuse solicitors are here for you. Contact us in confidence by calling us on\u00a0<a href=\"tel:02076081227\">020 7608 1227<\/a>\u00a0or,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/pt\/contact-us\/\">contacte-nos em linha atrav\u00e9s do nosso s\u00edtio Web<\/a>\u00a0or, you can email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mail@goodmanray.com\">mail@goodmanray.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Domestic Abuse FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block accordion\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1760965908552\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Who can qualify for legal aid in domestic abuse cases?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Legal aid eligibility depends on factors such as income, savings, and the type of legal issue. Survivors of domestic abuse may qualify if they cannot afford legal representation.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1760965924569\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Can a denial of legal aid be challenged?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Yes. Individuals can appeal or judicially review a refusal of legal aid if they believe the decision was unlawful or failed to consider their circumstances.<\/p> <\/div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1760965938681\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Does a child\u2019s living arrangement affect legal aid eligibility?<\/strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">In some cases, the Legal Aid Agency may consider a child\u2019s living arrangements. However, the High Court has ruled that such factors must be assessed fairly, especially in domestic abuse situations.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A domestic abuse survivor was initially denied legal aid by the Legal Aid Agency (LAA), which deemed her ineligible because her son did not live with her. The LAA&#8217;s assessment failed to consider the circumstances of the child&#8217;s living arrangements. Represented by the Public Law Project, the woman challenged the decision in the High Court. On 8th March 2023, the court ruled in her favour, setting a precedent for future legal aid applications involving shared parenting arrangements.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-domestic-violence"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Domestic Abuse Survivor Unlawfully Denied Legal Aid - News - Goodman Ray Solicitors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A domestic abuse survivor was unlawfully denied legal aid due to her son&#039;s living arrangements, but the High Court overturned the decision.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmanray.com\/pt\/news\/2023\/04\/domestic-abuse-survivor-unlawfully-denied-legal-aid\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_PT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Domestic Abuse Survivor Unlawfully Denied Legal Aid - 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