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Queen’s Bench DivisionPublished January 13, 2021Regina (GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework Before Mr Justice Pepperall[2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin)Judgment November 24, 2020The Director of Legal Aid
Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Changes to the legal aid rules have been laid in Parliament that will allow more homeowners on low incomes to access legal aid. The rule change, brought about by the
Civil Legal Aid (Financial Resources and Payment for Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2020(the Amendment Regulations), will particularly benefit survivors of domestic violence, with many more able to have legal representation in family proceedings, reducing the risk of being cross-examined by their abusers in court.
The Government agreed to change the rules on imaginary capital in response to the judgment in
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Following judgment in
R (on the application of GR) v Director of Legal Aid Casework & Anor [2020] EWHC 3140 (Admin), victims of domestic abuse who jointly own property with their abuser must not be automatically denied legal aid on the grounds of capital that is in practice trapped . The court found the Legal Aid Agency has discretion over whether legal aid should be granted in these cases. This strategic litigation was brought by Public Law Project (PLP) supported by the Law Society
Supreme Court declines to hear transgender man s appeal to be registered as father
The SC has declined to hear a case in which a transgender man who had given birth to a son sought judicial review of the decision that he had to be registered on the birth certificate of the son as his mother . Alfred McConnell is a transgender man and holder of a gender recognition certificate, who gave birth to a son, YY. The Registrar General for England and Wales decided that Mr McConnell had to be re